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Flameancer t1_jdi55fu wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Meta slams telco fee proposal, says ISPs should pay their own network costs | Meta: "Our investments in content drive the business model of telecom operators." by chrisdh79

Yea maybe if telcos were utilities I would have more than one option for high speed internet. As it stands my choice is between Spectrum and ATT, but ATT can only give me a 3Mbps connection. So really my only option is spectrum.

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[deleted] t1_jdi6as4 wrote

The other issue is jurisdiction over telephone pole infrastructure.

Google ran into a legal issue with localities who had given full control of telephone poles to the ISPs. They were technically considered private property even though the poles were planted on public soil.

Google was basically being told that if they wanted to expand their Google Fiber internet service, they would need to have their own poles built as they couldn't run lines on what already existed.

I believe Google had laws changed locally in a lot of places as even the local governments were tired of the ISPs and their bullshit.

But this is one of those reasons why ISPs have monopolies in many places. Getting infrastructure built is a fucking nightmare.

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Flameancer t1_jdi6ixe wrote

Yea google fiber came to my city and paused their rollout but it appears that they are still adding places…..just not near me.

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