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
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/att-verizon-lobby-group-pushes-for-payments-from-big-tech/
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
Funny, when Google started building fiber, ISPs threw a fit and tried to make it illegal in a lot of places for big tech to build broadband networks.
So uh, which is it guys?
Or maybe we should hold ISPs accountable for the $400 Billion they pocketed instead of laying fiber in the late 90s.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5839394
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.