But no, there's no general compulsory universal service for internet.
The Universal Service Fund has been supplying funds for broadband deployment for decades. However, ISPs have a long history of pocketing those funds without the promised deployments (eg:Frontier@WV,Verizon@PA) - usually w/o meaningful consequences, due to regulatory capture.
This is what I was thinking. I thought they were supposed to provide service within a certain range. I mean the apartments around have internet, McDonald's has it and so does everyone around me. I feel like they just don't wanna serve here.
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The Universal Service Fund has been supplying funds for broadband deployment for decades. However, ISPs have a long history of pocketing those funds without the promised deployments (eg:Frontier@WV,Verizon@PA) - usually w/o meaningful consequences, due to regulatory capture.
This is what I was thinking. I thought they were supposed to provide service within a certain range. I mean the apartments around have internet, McDonald's has it and so does everyone around me. I feel like they just don't wanna serve here.