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Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr... by deregulateMed on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @11:21PM (#27684490)
This is silly. The concern is that government chooses winners and losers. I lose, you win.

This isn't fixing global warming, this is giving some people discounted internet and leaving the rest of us with nothing.

How should we decide who gets my taxes for Internet?

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Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr... by rualca on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:09AM (#27685459)
A government isn't picking who wins or loses if it builds a road or a sewer line.

It is in fact providing infrastructure that benefits and improves the lives of all citizens.

Why do you place greater importance on how a hypothetical business can in theory not be benefited by the government over the quality of life of all citizens?

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Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @02:54AM (#27685708)
> A government isn't picking who wins or loses if it builds a road or a sewer line.

Very often it is, quite deliberately.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3539889

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