Re:Japan breaks world record for fastest internet speed
by cogman10 on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:11PM
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In my neck of the woods, it's all about competition (or that lack there of). I went from 100mbps down for $130 to 300mbps down for $60. What changed? A new ISP in town offering 1 gbps for $100.
If we wanted what other countries have for internet, then what we need is to make the lines public and have ISPs rent them from the government. The reason ISPs can create these duopolies is because every new company has to invest a LOT of money to lay down new data lines. If a company already has their cable/phone lines in place then boom, captured market.
Rentable public data lines would make the cost of setting up new ISPs a LOT cheaper.
If we wanted what other countries have for internet, then what we need is to make the lines public and have ISPs rent them from the government. The reason ISPs can create these duopolies is because every new company has to invest a LOT of money to lay down new data lines. If a company already has their cable/phone lines in place then boom, captured market.
Rentable public data lines would make the cost of setting up new ISPs a LOT cheaper.