Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program
arstechnica.com
Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who "already had broadband."

And pull themselves up by their bootstraps as usual?

    • MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comEnglish
      366·
      10 months ago

      Hows about “Create local and municipal fiber to the curb to stoke competition and drive down prices” instead ?

      • Cowbee@lemm.eeEnglish
        141·
        10 months ago

        Markets are extremely bad when it comes to proper allocation of essentials. Infrastructure in general should be nationalized at minimum, and heavily invested in.

      • RedEye FlightControl@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        10 months ago

        The local fiber provider skipped my street altogether because spectrum has a contract with the apartments, and they don’t think it’s worth running fiber to compete. I wish this was a joke. The providers are literally NOT competing at all. Residential homeowners are screwed because spectrum has a chokehold on the other half of the neighborhood.

      • Cowbee@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        Co-ops are cool, but markets in general have far too many disadvantages for me to advocate for market-based Socialism over a non-market solution.

        • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
          4·
          10 months ago

          Short of a complete revolution, market Socialisim is probably the most viable path out of capitalism. It doesn’t have to stay there, and shouldn’t, but it’ll be a whole lot less messy than a revolution.

          • Cowbee@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Depends on the country, honestly. In America, I’m more inclined to believe Syndicalism would work, reform won’t meaningfully happen from within.

            In general, I’m anti-tendency and believe that the material conditions of each space need to be analyzed independently.