this is why high speed internet should be a public utility and not a fucking luxury service that costs $100/mo and isn't even available at all locations https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1296123510088032256
telecom companies pocketed over $400b in government subsidies in order to build the infrastructure for countrywide fiber optic internet and then just fucking DIDN'T. they literally just pocketed the money and nothing has happened https://nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2017/11/27/americans-fiber-optic-internet/
Americans Taxed $400 Billion For Fiber Optic Internet That Doesn't Exist

Americans Paid $400 Billion in Taxes & Internet Surcharges for Fiber Optic Upgrades that Never

https://nationaleconomicseditorial.com/2017/11/27/americans-fiber-optic-internet/
also - data is not a finite resource. data caps are imposed literally just because the FCC doesn't prevent it. the only limiting factor on bandwidth is throughput, and if fiber optic networks were installed nationwide like they should've been, throughput wouldn't be a problem
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