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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 04 2017, @10:27PM
But the money quickly ran out after buying that 802.11 Monster brand LAN patch cable from the telecoms CEOs cousins boyfriend that sells those on Amazon.