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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by wtracy on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @11:22AM (#24555534)
Exactly what regulations are preventing new broadband providers from entering the market?
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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by BurningFrog on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @12:32PM (#24556556)
I think it's mostly that cities hand out monopolies to Comcast or regional equivalents.

I'll admit I don't know the details well.

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Re:Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months by missedthecue on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:08PM (#24560554)
Ask Google. They couldn't put fiber in my city because AT&T told the government to tell them not to.
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