Study: 76% Of U.S. Residents Want Government To Do Something About Soaring Broadband Prices
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Once they were informed what it actually is, the survey also found that 86 percent of Americans think the government should restore the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provided a $30 discount off the broadband bills of low-income Americans.
I know we’re not supposed to attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity, but I reckon the reason the ISPs didn’t like the ACP is because an internet connected public is a public more able to lift itself out of poverty and find jobs other than the minimum wage offerings in call centers or serving fast food to the people working in them.
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