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T-Mobile reveals its plan to give free internet to 10M homes (engadget.com)
2 points by rbanffy on Sept 4, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



>“Now it's literally, if you don't have connectivity, you can't do school."

It seems that in our current world, having internet access is increasingly like access to power or water. I wouldn't count on incredibly limited plans like the one linked to get us there. Like water or power, it seems that getting public investment at the community level is the best way to provide residents affordable internet access.

Unfortunately, 22 states have banned municipal governments from providing internet access [1].

[1] https://broadbandnow.com/report/municipal-broadband-roadbloc...




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