Yes, we know. DSL, DSL, DSL, DSL, DSL, satellite.
FYI, DSL line bandwidth is determined by the distance between your home and the DSLAM--so it doesn't matter who your ISP is--they'll all equally suck.
Here's how terrible U.S. broadband service really is
Why is American internet so slow?
Govts. are already providing billion$ in subsidies to Comcast--giving it a market advantage over its local competitors it wouldn't otherwise have, at the expense of taxpayers--and further shielding them from local competition. . .
Big ISPs dwell in tax-break heaven, according to corporate tax study | Ars Technica
How big telecom smothers city-run broadband | Center for Public Integrity
Comcast is donating to campaign against Seattle mayor who brought gigabit internet to the city | The Verge
Like a good american, Im highly suspicious of giving govt power.
so now that ISP's can't charge heavy bandwith services a fee, who is going to pay for infrastructure upgrades to maintain a workable internet? as **** like streaming becomes more ubiquitous, bandwith needs will skyrocket. this of course will require infrastructure,
Now you and I will pay it. HOOORAY!
You should try to remember, ideas are conveyed by researching information, vetting sources, and confirming said information. Not by regurgitating talking points given to you by your "news" station.
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Cable Companies are the telecom companies. Its all the same thing. Furthermore, as you say, the backbone was a partnership, with private money, corporations providing the majority of the funds, technology and labor. The NSF did the paperwork. And this was all back in the early 90s. The current backbone which we use was built and run by telecoms/cablecoms.