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[–] lath@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Am i wrong in thinking the hardware was built through government funding, using taxes AT&T is likely not paying?

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh fun stuff, in Canada and the USA, the governments actually gave companies hundreds of millions dollars to build fibre optic networks. The companies proceeded to do NOTHING and the governments did nothing about it.

I’d look it up to back up my sources, but my internet connection is so slow. I’d call that irony, IF ONLY I COULD LOOK UP THE DEFINITION

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Correction, hundreds of billions of dollars. >$400bn as of 11 years ago.

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