I'm cynical that this will bring meaningful improvement. Government has given money to telecoms before, and it's only brought us mediocre service, and brought executives huge paydays.
Where's the fiber, Verizon? We (NJ and PA[0]) gave you huge tax cuts 20 years ago for universal fiber service. You and NYC agreed to provide everyone with fiber.[1] Meanwhile, AT&T keeps merging with promises that are meaningless or eventually reneged on.[2]
Where's the fiber, Verizon? We (NJ and PA[0]) gave you huge tax cuts 20 years ago for universal fiber service. You and NYC agreed to provide everyone with fiber.[1] Meanwhile, AT&T keeps merging with promises that are meaningless or eventually reneged on.[2]
[0] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-kushnick/verizon-pennsyl...
[1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/nyc-sues-verizon...
[2] https://muninetworks.org/content/atts-many-broken-merger-pro...