Why Giving Billions in Subsidies to Big Telecom Won’t Get Us Better Service

Why Giving Billions in Subsidies to Big Telecom Won’t Get Us Better Service

In the American internet access world, public assets are privatized all the time. Sometimes this happens when private companies are handed direct payments in the form of subsidies: public money, amounting to at least $5 billion a year, which is showered on companies to incentivize them to provide access in places where they feel it …