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as someone from a 3rd world country, I was surprised to know a big part of the US was still relying on dial up in the 2020s.
Also, monthly quotas for home internet is abusive as fuck. Especially in times of video streaming.
There are plans of 1Gbps and 1.2TB of quota, so users may accidentally run out of internet for the whole month in 3 hours and, conveniently, need to pay them more.
The FCC has allowed telecoms to fleece the tax payers since their inception. They never really get broken up. They never fulfill their subsidy obligations. You are almost guaranteed to be in a monopoly via geography because the illusion of choice is just some bullshit coverage map.
Yeah, I don't even get the illusion of choice. At my address there's only one provider offering broadband speeds and I'm not even in a remote area at all.
It’s all about lack of consumer protection in the us, the triumph of marketing over honesty. It’s not just an opportunity to skim more profit but to sell more with the claim your service is better than it is