Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the “worst connected city in the U.S.” thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn’t really …

Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband::Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the “worst connected city in the U.S.” thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn’t really a mystery: consolidated monopoly/duopoly power has resulted in a broken market where local giants like AT&T and Charter don’t have to compete on price, speeds, availability, customer…

  • SeaJ@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Countdown to the lawsuit by AT&T and Charter followed by Republicans trying to ban municipal broadband.

  • serratur@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This ia good, natural monopolies should be run by local goverments or the goverment.