geologean t1_ithtara wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:22 PM

The frustrating thing is that American leaders will continue to vitirue signal in public over the need for more telecom tech, but then continue to destroy net neutrality. You can't have it both ways. Net neutrality creates the incentives for better internet infrastructure.

Telecoms have been getting a sweetheart deal on monopolistic behavior for decades and all it's done is made American high speed internet way less available and more expensive compared to internet service in other developed and even some developing countries.

But it's still a niche policy topic and it will remain so as long as tech-illiterate Boomers continue to shape policy.

dillrepair t1_ithxars wrote on October 23, 2022 at 7:47 PM

This shit right here ^^. And dude the truth is 90% or more of people my age (older millennials) don’t have a fucking clue either. I at least pay attention and vaguely understand the terminology and some of the implications discussed here/in article. But the truth is generally most people are not focused on what makes things run or keeps them running whether it’s an internal combustion engine or a cloud service and their device… or the healthcare system. It’s not as easy to fix things as people think, but when we have a big picture understanding coupled with the ability to drill down into the details it at least makes it easier. Wish more ppl would pay attention…. And you know, perhaps maintain or obtain a high school reading level/comprehension and critical thinking abilities

danielv123 t1_itk7bhg wrote on October 24, 2022 at 6:50 AM

Just want to say that it's not Huawei equipment that has made American high speed less available/reliable - Huawei is used everywhere, because they make some of the best products.

funtex666 t1_itmq20g wrote on October 24, 2022 at 7:54 PM

There's a huge schism between what "experts" say (they aren't experts in anything but politics) and what actual people in the Telecom industry say. One screams bloody murder if you mention Huawei while the other says Huawei is both cheaper and faster at getting code out to devices. This whole thing is 100% politics and 0% facts.