Re: What do you think about the Corona virus conspiracy theories?
Jayde, I think something else that should be government controled and built, and not based on profit are infrustructure projects. I live in an apartment complex that I think made a contract for the local DSL provider to not allow any other providers in, while the entire area here has cable basicly, I am stuck with the 18 megabit down, 1 megabit up ADSL that the provider markets as high speed internet, which probably actually is illegal, because the defenition of broadband is 25 down, and 3 up. That standard was in 2015 btw. This provider gives us a data cap to top it off, and charges us the same 60 that 1 gbps down and up fiber companies in larger cities pay. That price for that level service is a straight up robbery. When I asked if they would be upgrading the speeds, since this was an outdated technology that came out in 2003, they said it made no economical sense to do so, and they wouldn't do it, iether and the near or disatnt future. And you know what? They're probably right. They face zero competition, and people have to buy their services, regardless of how shitty it is, because there is no alternative. If any other provider came along, people would jump ship immediately and they would have to do upgrades. This is the fucked up nature of a privately run infrastructure. Also in covid-19 especially, such connections didn't allow people to do classes at home, or to work remotely. What should be done is a national rollout of infrustructure, similar to how electric lines were done, and then the government could pay off the cost by leasing each provider fiber capacity on the cables. This way, providers would compete for the add-on services and speeds they offer, and not the cabling.
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