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AT&T “complies” with law requiring cheap Internet by ending a service in NY (arstechnica.com)
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AT&T pulls 5G home Internet from New York to protest state affordability law.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

So, all those lines are leased to at&t by the state right? I feel like they could just revoke them and give everyone free Internet.

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  • [+] -10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Until a line breaks and you discover it costs money to have someone fix it. Or a router gets attacked be someone evil and now you don't have internet. Or ... There are a lot of costs to running internet.

    I don't know how the costs compare to what AT&T is charging. I doubt you do either.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You could just add an extra tax to cover it and it would be cheaper than your Internet bill since it would be spread out amongst everyone.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Liberals: Tax it!

    Also Liberals: What about the poor people!

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Public utilities are cheaper than private ones. And it's not like there aren't city programs for low income. Cali is far from being the most progressive (in comparison to the rest of the world) and they have plenty of assistance programs for all possible utilities.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    You think at&t is protecting you from hackers? ISPs are notorious for using crap routers and wifi devices which they charge an arm and leg for. ISPs literally had default passwords that can be guessed (many of them still do), used outdated protocols that were prone to brute force attacks or simply fail to compete with even the most basic DD-WRT, Open-WRT or other custom firmaware.

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