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Re:The internet should be a public utility by bluejekyll on Saturday March 28, 2020 @05:45PM (#22714550)
AT&T can put those under the ground. They are ugly. And they take up already limited sidewalk space in many areas.
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by plussed_reader on Saturday March 28, 2020 @05:56PM (#22714616)
Do you want to put up taxes for additional trenching, nevermind the overhead associated with the different agencies when digging is involved?
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by UnpossibleJim on Saturday March 28, 2020 @10:02PM (#22715778)
Taxes paid for the initial cost of not only most of the infrastructure of internet but also cable. This was "paid back" at zero interest loan payments over dozens of years, in most municipalities.
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by bluejekyll on Saturday March 28, 2020 @06:00PM (#22714642)
Put them in the street, take up parking spaces from cars. The attitude that people don’t deserve the same guarantees as cars is a bad one.
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Re:The internet should be a public utility by wizzwizz4 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @06:19AM (#22717759)
People will drive into them.
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