Zippa-de-do
Net!
Back in
the late 90s, we
were all paying a small tax attached to our internet and
phone usage that was meant to help pay for a nationwide web
of high-speed internet. And what happened to all that
money, calculated to be in excess of $200 billion dollars?
It kinda disappeared into the bank vaults of the major players
of
the telecommunication industry,
never
to be seen again.
Then in 2010 Google started offering Google fiber, high-speed
internet at reasonable prices, sometimes even free. After
a promising start it bogged down in 2015 and rebranded
itself as
Alphabet. As
of now, about 450,000 homes have Google broadband. It continues
to slowly provide new services
Nowadays, thanks to deal old Joe Biden and his Democratic
pals, billions have been invested into the high-speed internet
system. I,
myself,
am currently
the subsidized beneficiary of this progressive largesse.
And today the President launched a Phase Two of the program,
promising to have high-speed access to every American by
2030.
Lets hope we maintain our Democracy long enough to see it
come to fruition.
=Lefty=
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