> Get specific about the concern, otherwise it's easy to get afraid about everything.
There are many reasons to be afraid about a private corporation from a country with little regulation providing a utility to areas with no other choice.
If Amazon was sponsoring this, that's one thing, but them owning the network raises red flags for me surrounding:
1) Privacy
2) The potential for anti competitive practices
3) Quality of service / expected lifetime of service
I simply don't trust Amazon (or any other large private company) to do anything else than look out for their bottom line when push comes to shove.
> Govt's hardly own telecom infra, it's all in private hands
I'm old enough to remember when Australia did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#Privatisation
Since Telstra was privatised, any impetus to upgrade Australia's struggling networks has gone out the window and when they do end up upgrading capacity, it is usually as part of a Government project. All in all, tax payers still foot the bill to improve utilities while a private company furthers their monopoly.
There are many reasons to be afraid about a private corporation from a country with little regulation providing a utility to areas with no other choice.
If Amazon was sponsoring this, that's one thing, but them owning the network raises red flags for me surrounding: 1) Privacy 2) The potential for anti competitive practices 3) Quality of service / expected lifetime of service
I simply don't trust Amazon (or any other large private company) to do anything else than look out for their bottom line when push comes to shove.
> Govt's hardly own telecom infra, it's all in private hands
I'm old enough to remember when Australia did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra#Privatisation
Since Telstra was privatised, any impetus to upgrade Australia's struggling networks has gone out the window and when they do end up upgrading capacity, it is usually as part of a Government project. All in all, tax payers still foot the bill to improve utilities while a private company furthers their monopoly.