ISPs say US should force Big Tech firms to pay for broadband construction
ISPs say US should force Big Tech firms to pay for broadband construction
US telcos pitch "shared obligation" for tech firms to fund network buildouts.
cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/152995
Alternative published title: AT&T/Verizon lobby group pushes for payments from Big Tech
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Yeah, ISP's were given a considerable amount of money to improve internet infrastructure 30 years ago and they did not. Classify them as a utility. Heck, we should nationalize the utilities anyway.
A national regulatory body could be good but I’d rather see them under local control personally.
In principle, yes. But with politicians eager to strip local control to mean “what the state wants”, I’d rather see the federal supersede it