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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

(arstechnica.com)
1135 points carride | 3 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.014s | source
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qwe----3 ◴[10 Aug 22 13:35 UTC] No.32411651[source]▶
> over $30,000 for each of those homes to get served

This doesn't seem very efficient to me.

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rvnx ◴[10 Aug 22 13:36 UTC] No.32411670[source]▶
To say the least, it's more about siphoning public taxes
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1. failrate ◴[10 Aug 22 14:37 UTC] No.32412719[source]▶
The resources of this country are to be allocated for the benefit of its citizens.

In other words, it is our money, and we can spend it on decent internet for rural areas.

Lack of internet access is disenfranchising when numerous necessary government and school services has been moved online.

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2. Bloating ◴[10 Aug 22 14:50 UTC] No.32412949[source]▶
>The resources of this country are to be allocated for the benefit of its citizens.

Sounds like a great idea! When can we get started?

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3. failrate ◴[10 Aug 22 15:03 UTC] No.32413191[source]▶
What do you think roads are?

Snark aside, I spent years being angry about every government subsidy until I learned that some subsidies are pork barrel spending and some are just the normal allocations required by a functioning government to maintain the expected standard of living.