Re:A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet ac...
by uzzgx on Saturday December 28, 2019 @07:55AM
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>Not sustainable. "Government money" (money taken from it's citizenry) eventually runs out.
Okay? That doesn't seem to be happening in Europe for example. Everything runs fine. There's internet access in rural areas. The world didn't collapse.
>Plus granting a firm a government monopoly on a region is always a bad idea that ultimately hinders the development and deployment of new solutions.
It's an auction. And others can choose to deploy afterwards.
>Cab medallions in NYC. Fixed price airline tickets. Exclusive right to trade spices west of the prime meridian.
Yes, the free market seems to work fine in this case. That's why these Alabamians have 1 Gbps fibre... oh no wait they have no access to the Internet at all. Dammit. Call Ayn Rand
Okay? That doesn't seem to be happening in Europe for example. Everything runs fine. There's internet access in rural areas. The world didn't collapse.
>Plus granting a firm a government monopoly on a region is always a bad idea that ultimately hinders the development and deployment of new solutions.
It's an auction. And others can choose to deploy afterwards.
>Cab medallions in NYC. Fixed price airline tickets. Exclusive right to trade spices west of the prime meridian.
Yes, the free market seems to work fine in this case. That's why these Alabamians have 1 Gbps fibre... oh no wait they have no access to the Internet at all. Dammit. Call Ayn Rand