For decades, people in the US have been given a song and dance by the telecoms about how tax cuts, surcharges, and a long list of other expenses are necessary for telecoms to "invest" in infrastructure. The concessions are granted again and again, but the investments are never actually made. In all, US taxpayers have paid $400 Billion in taxes and Internet surcharges for fiber optic upgrades that never happened.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Justin Case on Monday December 04 2017, @09:02PM
Nobody had to grant anything for the restaurant down the street to "invest" in infrastructure. The owner did it because he saw a business opportunity. He was right, and now he is earning a return for his investment of time and money.
Big gov colludes with Big corp all the time. It goes both ways. Praying for more Big to fix the previous Big is insane. Decentralize!