Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.
  • @shalafi@lemmy.world
    5•2 years ago

    Can’t speak to Comcast’s evils, but I call my ISP once a year to ask about my speeds and bill. Just got bumped from 200/20 to 1000/?, with a $10 discount. I’m on the edge of town, not technically rural, but close enough.

    Not sure the answer to the monopoly thing, but I used to be an internet cable guy, so I can speak to the complexity of having 2 providers where there was only one. The costs are staggering.

    • Baron Von J
      15•2 years ago

      Not sure the answer to the monopoly thing,

      • make it a publicly owned and operated municipal utility
      • make the “last mile” publicly owned infrastructure and private service providers can connect to the data center that connects the last mile
      • require that the company who owns and maintains the last mile can not also be a service provider over that last mile infrastructure

      The last one is how Texas handles the power grid, so it would need a real regulatory body making sure the private last mile infrastructure is actually maintained, unlike the Texas power grid.