Broadband Access Still Plagues Users

Broadband Access Still Plagues Users

What’s wrong with US broadband?

The state of US broadband is bad. We already know huge portions of the country aren’t getting broadband speeds — but even where they are, those connections are often bogged down by limited options, predatory billing practices, and a general lack of choice.”

I personally think Fiber should be subsidized though are costs associated with Fiber deployment that the article suggests leads to our current billing:

In the case of internet access, that technology is satellite internet. The economics of laying fiber encourage this kind of rent-seeking, so maybe escaping fiber will let us build a better kind of telecom?

It seems like wireless access is not a sure fire answer either. I think this requires government regulation and investment in infrastructure to aid the market and provide better choice to users.