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


From: Masataka Ohta <mohta () necom830 hpcl titech ac jp>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2022 01:06:10 +0900

Owen DeLong wrote:

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.

That's simply untrue, because of natural regional monopoly.

Lobbyists lie? Say it isn’t so.

You seem somehow surprised by this.

No, not at all. So?

                                                        Masataka Ohta


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