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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, @11:44PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 04 2017, @11:44PM (#605403)

    It was really a lot of fun, until my boss woke me up to write more code.

    Lucky you.... my boss is asking for that documentation due one month ago.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05 2017, @03:57AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05 2017, @03:57AM (#605495)

    > Lucky you.... my boss is asking for that documentation due one month ago.

    Lucky you, I'm the boss and I have to fend off the customer while you finish the docs... The customer really wants this project done before the end of the year, and so do I because I don't want to have to go back for additional funding out of next year's budget for this old project.