I’m in the internet utility industry and it’s only going to get worse. They and other massive corps just got billions in funding from the FCC through these RDOF and ReConnect programs to provide rural internet. It was a really fucked up and very American process. There’s nothing binding them to doing it successfully, and it’s entrenching monopolies over smaller local internet providers, driving them out. Nothing new there of course, but this year was like Prop 22 levels bad for the future of fiber internet development in underserviced areas. Oh plus Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service got a ton of money too, over rural providers literally ready and able to provide fiber hookups. Pretty wild
yup the oligarchs in internet industry work super hard to lobby for their interest. They've had effective oligopolies for years. Before I lived where i live now, the only option for internet was suddenlink and they were somehow even worse than comcast but at least had the excusse of not being one of the biggest companies ever.
Shit really sucks for the future of the net if we don't nationalize it. :deeper-sadness:
I’m in the internet utility industry and it’s only going to get worse. They and other massive corps just got billions in funding from the FCC through these RDOF and ReConnect programs to provide rural internet. It was a really fucked up and very American process. There’s nothing binding them to doing it successfully, and it’s entrenching monopolies over smaller local internet providers, driving them out. Nothing new there of course, but this year was like Prop 22 levels bad for the future of fiber internet development in underserviced areas. Oh plus Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service got a ton of money too, over rural providers literally ready and able to provide fiber hookups. Pretty wild
yup the oligarchs in internet industry work super hard to lobby for their interest. They've had effective oligopolies for years. Before I lived where i live now, the only option for internet was suddenlink and they were somehow even worse than comcast but at least had the excusse of not being one of the biggest companies ever.
Shit really sucks for the future of the net if we don't nationalize it. :deeper-sadness: