“Who might control the future of high-speed Internet? Will it be municipalities and communities that can make the Internet into a widespread and affordable public service like electricity or running water or big cable and telecommunications companies, like SBC, Comcast, and Verizon, who would redline communities and inflate prices to maximize profit?” “Who might control the future of high-speed Internet? Will it be municipalities and communities that can make the Internet into a widespread and affordable public service like electricity or running water or big cable and telecommunications companies, like SBC, Comcast, and Verizon, who would redline communities and inflate prices to maximize profit?”
Mitchell Szczepanczyk argues that because communities are now able to build their own broadband networks, bypassing the networks controlled by large telecoms and cable companies, the latter are trying to get politicians to pass laws preventing communities from doing so. To read the rest of the article, click here.
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