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bioemerl · 3441 days ago · link · · parent · post: "Net Neutrality is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government." - Ted fuckin' Cruz
They don't need fiber optic across the nation. Force the shared "hubs" of the networks to be open to companies, and allow regions to have their own, small, telecom providers. The reason there is no competition is because companies are legislated into having to provide coverage for entire regions. Startups have to smart small, current laws do not allow them to.They have built an established infrastructure and expecting a start-up company to come along and lay fiber-optic cable across the nation or launch a few dozen satellites into the exosphere is just downright unrealistic.