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In response to "And why is the government paying for the first three instead of telephone/cellphone/internet/TV companies who make massive profits off " by Krusty

They see no profits in building out those lines. Businesses build their max profits, not for the betterment of all. So, Montana gets screwed.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Mar 31 '21, 05:15

Government needs to put their thumb on the scale to equalize opportunities when there isn’t business sense to do it yourself.

If you have a small town in Montana, it could cost millions to get the equipment there for a few thousand bucks a month in service. There’s no making that economical for AT&T but as evidenced in the last year, that town is at a disadvantage to places with high speed.

Business and government have different functions. Businesses protect their capital ... it’s not evil or bad planning to do so. But that leads to inequality that government should try to remedy, imo.

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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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They see no profits in building out those lines. Businesses build their max profits, not for the betterment of all. So, Montana gets screwed.

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