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Municipal broadband instead of 5G

mardi 19 mai 2020 à 02:00

5G communication technology from the same contemptuous ISP megacorporations is not a step forward. Let's replace them, instead, with municipal broadband.

To realize the full potential for improvement, municipal broadband should not insist on identifying every user, nor record what internet hosts a user connects to, except under the order of a specific search warrant.

I support municipal broadband because it could provide a good system for connecting to the internet. But if we want an internet that is good to connect to, that's a separate issue. To achieve that, we must eliminate the pervasive injustices of most internet usage: luring or pressuring people into using the nonfree software and online dis-services.