@sundogplanets Because dipshits want to have uninterrupted, high-speed, low-latency internet at all times rather than working on software that do not need that.

@FediThing @pettter @sundogplanets not really, even in the US decades of corruption still leave huge areas of the country with no ISP available outside of dialup or sat. (prestarlink hughesnet was the major provider with their $150/m <1mbit service). There's still large areas that don't have even basic DSL yet, it's taken so long cell and sat are the norm in many areas. Step 1 if you want cables in the US is to break up verizon/at&t who were paid but never actually rolled out the infrastructure.

@FediThing indeed, for those not aware here the lines were pretty much all paid in public funds/tax dollars but then handed over to private companies to manage, said private companies monopolize them and no only refuse to upgrade due to "lack of profitability" (though they were granted to funds to, they pocketed it as bonuses) but also disallow competition to enter the area. This led to massive areas whos first reliable internet was 4g phones.