• cybersandwich@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Turn it into a utility. Having an Internet connection is arguably more important than a phone line ever was and is up there with electricity.

    It’s a utility. Treat it like one.

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      8 months ago

      I only have one option for most utilities. I don’t get to choose which private power company I use and I certainly don’t get to choose from an array of options for how that electricity is generated.

      Making the internet a utility is good, but that won’t make it less of an oligopoly.

      • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev
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        8 months ago

        My only power option announced they are raising rates every year for the next few years. Yay for capitalism I guess.