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Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn’t Exist

posted by martyb on Monday December 04 2017, @08:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the getting-shafted dept.

canopic jug writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 04 2017, @11:29PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 04 2017, @11:29PM (#605394)

    That was a long-winded way to say that you have nothing to say.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 04 2017, @11:29PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 04 2017, @11:29PM (#605395)

    Autistic confirmed!

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday December 04 2017, @11:57PM (2 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 04 2017, @11:57PM (#605410) Journal
      At least that had the virtue of being shorter than saying "I have nothing to say."

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05 2017, @06:55PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05 2017, @06:55PM (#605754)

        Based on your previous postings and the sheer amount of time you spend defending this AC troll I'm going to guess you ARE the troll. Don't want people to realize how wacko the Khallow person is? Doesn't matter if you aren't the AC anyway, your defense of them puts you in the same position. You need to educate yourself some more, maybe grow up some.

        • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday December 06 2017, @06:41AM

          by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 06 2017, @06:41AM (#606010) Journal

          and the sheer amount of time you spend defending this AC troll

          Which AC troll? There have been quite a few so far. And since when does spending, oh a few minutes to catch up on the thread, count as "sheer amount of time"? And if you're going to spin a tale about me, why not give me something like a stunning physique and cake? Not a urinal cake either. Something good like velvet cake.

          I'll note that your post has the vice of being longer than saying "I have nothing to say" without saying anything more. That was kind of the point of the last four or so replies.