Alternative published title: AT&T/Verizon lobby group pushes for payments from Big Tech
globalnews·Interesting News from Around the WorldbyBrikoX ISPs say US should force Big Tech firms to pay for broadband constructionAlternative published title: AT&T/Verizon lobby group pushes for payments from Big Techhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/att-verizon-lobby-group-pushes-for-payments-from-big-tech/Open linkView original on vlemmy.net11Comments3Reply
iironeagl vlemmy.netThe telcos have already wasted huge amounts of subsidies that were supposed to expand service.8Reply
BBread_And_Buried vlemmy.netTheir whole job is to provide that infrastructure... They make plenty of money to fund their own expansion. If they don't, then they can't expand. That's how a business works. These ISP monopolies are ridiculous...6Reply
ZZexks vlemmy.netWe already did and they fuckin blew it all https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/2021/07/14/weve-spent-billions-provide-broadband-rural-areas-what-failed-wisconsin/7145014002/4Reply
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The telcos have already wasted huge amounts of subsidies that were supposed to expand service.
Their whole job is to provide that infrastructure... They make plenty of money to fund their own expansion. If they don't, then they can't expand. That's how a business works.
These ISP monopolies are ridiculous...
We already did and they fuckin blew it all
https://www.jsonline.com/in-depth/news/2021/07/14/weve-spent-billions-provide-broadband-rural-areas-what-failed-wisconsin/7145014002/