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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by c54 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:02PM (#38104134)
The economy wide productivity gains from having tax funded roads mean it doesn’t make sense to have roads be profitable or break even as an individual entity.

Similar thing probably goes for internet access.

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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by NegativeLatency on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:40PM (#38104828)
Gotta be careful what you measure though. If I spend a bunch of money owning and maintaining my car, it's possible that that could've been spent on other things that would be overall better for the economy.
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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by endisneigh on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:26PM (#38104599)
Taxes are not flat, just like caps, so there’s no contradiction.
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