FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money.

The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding down a program that gives $30 monthly broadband discounts to people with low incomes, and says it will have to complete the shutdown by May if Congress doesn’t provide more funding.

  • Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.world
    11·
    6 months ago

    1. it will be almost impossible to convince ISPs to provide low and no cost options on their own.

    2. The amount they lobby has been proven with the Net Neutrality fiasco

    3. Private companies are not efficient and shouldn’t be responsible for publicly required utilities.

    • phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      41·
      6 months ago

      Point 3: That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence

      Also, conservatives say the exact same thing about public utilities to privatize them, the exact opposite of your claim

      I’ve seen huge government systems at work, currently seeing one, and man it’s a lot of things but the word “efficient”? Nope.

      Private companies are supposed to do this, yes, but under very strict government rules. Internet access should be treated as a public utility, executed by private companies

      • Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        Point 3: That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence

        What?! Ok… Wait… Are you saying that a company with a fiduciary responsibility to provide profit for shareholders is more efficient than a company with the same equipment, same personnel, and same properties but does NOT have a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders?

        Explain. In detail.