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ISPs as publically owned Utilities
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It's how rural America got electricity, it's wild that the system is so captured that many people believe it's easier to launch junk into space than to run cables to people's homes.
Part of the problem is the "mysticism" technology has to people who don't understand it. The tech companies have an advantage when you don't understand how tech works and they'll keep it that way.
Yeah it's funny with AI they are deliberately obfuscating what they can actually do to scare ~~people~~ CEOs with FOMO.
Running an ISP is simpler than a powergrid, sewer system or water system.