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: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday December 05 2017, @03:33AM (1 child)
CenturyLink here too... 20 miles down the way, a wide spot in the road has fiber for $40/mo. Here close to town, I limp along on (choice of one) 2Mbit DSL for $50/mo. That fiber cable is right across the highway from me, and might as well be on Mars.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05 2017, @07:50AM
Very similar to me. Except fiber line runs across the front lawn. And my only internet access at home is wireless 3Mbps (peak), because they like to pound you in the ass with bills.
So yeah, money well spent.