Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> On Jun 2, 2022, at 06:41 , Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp> wrote:
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> Sean Donelan wrote:
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> > > USF is great for rural, but it has turned medium density and suburban areas into connectivity wastelands.
> > Carrier & cable lobbying organizations say that free market competition by multiple providers provide adequate 
> > service in those areas.
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> That's simply untrue, because of natural regional monopoly.

Lobbyists lie? Say it isn’t so.

You seem somehow surprised by this. Most of us have grown quite accustomed to it.

Owen