I live in a national park and the Govt just awarded a contract to a private company to build a fiber line to the villages for high speed internet, and the company building the thing will own the network while the govt is stuck paying the bill forever. So stupid imho. No private company should own a network that exists entirely on federal land, and everyone depends on .

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wait, you live IN a national park?

God damn that sounds awesome. But yeah, the private fiber line sucks. Same happening in my country with most "last mile" connections belonging to exactly one private company. Whereas our neighbours to the south (Latvia) nationalized the entire network and everyone benefits from having competition (same company, Telia, has their prices like 80% lower there than here - claiming that Estonians don't care about price)

[–] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Whereas our neighbours to the south (Latvia) nationalized the entire network

Adding this to my wish list for Russia of the Future. Not Latvia, nationalization.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I think Latvia is already on the wish list for Russia unfortunately, just not yours

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

Its not stupid when its bribery