darth_tiktaalik@lemmy.ml to Politics@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoCongress owes it to Americans to fund the Affordable Connectivity Programthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWe’ve funded it multiple times, giving the telecoms billions and then them not doing it again won’t solve anything. We need to acknowledge that it’s a public utility and those shouldn’t be managed by private corporations.
minus-squarechronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoPretty much. We paid for the damn infrastructure. It should be OURS.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoPaid for it at least 3 times. Billions of taxpayer dollars to giant corporations who just keep asking for it again a few years later
We’ve funded it multiple times, giving the telecoms billions and then them not doing it again won’t solve anything.
We need to acknowledge that it’s a public utility and those shouldn’t be managed by private corporations.
Pretty much. We paid for the damn infrastructure. It should be OURS.
Paid for it at least 3 times.
Billions of taxpayer dollars to giant corporations who just keep asking for it again a few years later