Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoCable company logic: "Our predatory anti-consumer practices are really pro-consumer"discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1611arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1601arrow-down1imageCable company logic: "Our predatory anti-consumer practices are really pro-consumer"discuss.tchncs.deAlph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIm_old@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoFor what I understand, a lot of places in US have only a single provider available, so no competition. And when towns try to run their own broadband infrastructure they get sued by Internet companies.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoluckily theres also 5G wireless home internet and starlink, usually also telecom land options as well.
minus-squareBudgieMania@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agobroadband? Isn’t this specifically about cable TV, not Internet communication?
For what I understand, a lot of places in US have only a single provider available, so no competition. And when towns try to run their own broadband infrastructure they get sued by Internet companies.
luckily theres also 5G wireless home internet and starlink, usually also telecom land options as well.
broadband? Isn’t this specifically about cable TV, not Internet communication?