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Re:Dems pitch $100B broadband plan by briandear on Thursday June 25, 2020 @03:48PM (#23644757)
With few exceptions, the government doesn’t build or operate power lines in the US.
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Re:Dems pitch $100B broadband plan by lotsofpulp on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:07PM (#23645013)
As long as the government has a hand in the pricing and product delivered, I consider it to be government (for the purposes of comparing it to a rent seeking ISP that has no oversight). If ISPs were operated and regulated like a utility like gas, electric, water, then it’s not important who owns what.

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