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And why is the government paying for the first three instead of telephone/cellphone/internet/TV companies who make massive profits off

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Mar 31 '21, 04:58

of them?

I'm fine with doing the work and billing them for it. They're all behind in building out their networks and now the government should come in and bail them out from spending the money or doing the work? Nope.

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Meanwhile... -- (link) - oblique Mar 31, 05:40 3
- *smh* We need more of them to help with the dearth of broadband in some areas. Some communities are doing some amazing things. -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 05:44 2
  - But aren’t you arguing the opposite to me? - Will Hunting Mar 31, 06:09 1
    - I'm not. I'm all for cities having their own local broadband networks. I'm not for the federal government paying billions to do the work of the - Krusty Mar 31, 06:21
They see no profits in building out those lines. Businesses build their max profits, not for the betterment of all. So, Montana gets screwed. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 05:15 5
- They make so much profit outside of the small cities they can't cry about profits as the reason they don't expand to small population areas. - Krusty Mar 31, 05:36 4
  - We're going to build all this for them to make money off of? Makes no sense. There has to be a way to put the burden on them and not the people. -- nm - Krusty Mar 31, 05:37 3
    - That’s not how business works. Your job is to maximize profits, not be altruistic. You shouldn’t force businesses to lose money just to fill a gap - Will Hunting Mar 31, 05:54 2
      - If we build out the infrastructure then we should own it but in that case why would the internet companies want to lease those lines if there's - Krusty Mar 31, 06:12 1
        
        I never said give it away to the companies. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 06:22

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