All it would take to get muni-fiber to really get going would be for the FCC to ...

gigatexal on March 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The internet should be a public utility

All it would take to get muni-fiber to really get going would be for the FCC to get behind it and for federal aid to spur development in places to go to these muni-fiber cooperatives rather than the telcos.

I see the internet as a road. I think it’d be cool if road tech advanced but if it didn’t the economy would still function because all of the things built on the robust road system are there.

gigatexal on March 28, 2020 [–]

Also nothing is going to make entrenched telcos innovate more than having to compete with 10s or hundreds more players.