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This is like wanting your internet to operate like the local DMV. No one in their right might would conclude the Canadian Government is in any way capable of im

This is like wanting your internet to operate like the local DMV. No one in their right might would conclude the Canadian Government is in any way capable of improving internet service Canadians currently receive.

kennywinker 4y ago
It’s more like wanting the internet to be run like the water or sewage hookups. Something that by and large isn’t expensive and just works most places.
qikInNdOutReply 4y ago
Worked out for the norse, internet infrastructure is owned by the municipalities, like waterpipes, all fiber to the last farm and tel-companies just rent it. Markets just dont work on infrastructure necessary for the public. They usually devolve into monopolies/oligopolies or scaming the public through serial privatization. Wasnt it london, were the privatization of the public water supply failed three times?
- soupbowl 4y ago
  Do the Norse have a large land mass with great distances between population centers and many small towns in between rugged mountains, rivers and forest?
  - Wata26363 4y ago
    Yes
    - desiarnezjr 4y ago
      I just checked a map. I disagree. That being said, coverage outside of key population dense areas isn't particularly great. Not that there are many people there to complain about it...
  - pjc50 4y ago
    > many small towns in between rugged mountains, rivers and forest? This is what all of Norway outside of Oslo looks like, yes. Also fjords.
    - soupbowl 4y ago
      Right they do have those things, I should have been more clear, the scale of Canada including all those things is much greater and more difficult to deal with though.
tenpies 4y ago
To put things in Canadian context, this is advocating that the Federal government - which cannot even operate a passport printer properly or keep airports running in a non-catastrophic manner - be trusted with critical infrastructure. All while one of the most brutally divisive and tyrannical Prime Ministers in Canadian history is sitting in power. Hard. Pass. The tri-opoly at least acts as somewhat of a check on a Federal government that seems desperate to control the internet.
- JetAlone 4y ago
  Same. Some good arguments are made about decentralization and the ideals for efficiency aren't bad, surely the author is a smart person. I remember singing "God keep our land glorious and free." as a little kid. Nowadays I feel like I'd need to add an asterisk at the end of that line, that points to a note in the margin, that says "To the extent it is, or could ever be".

kennywinker 4y ago

It’s more like wanting the internet to be run like the water or sewage hookups. Something that by and large isn’t expensive and just works most places.

qikInNdOutReply 4y ago

Worked out for the norse, internet infrastructure is owned by the municipalities, like waterpipes, all fiber to the last farm and tel-companies just rent it. Markets just dont work on infrastructure necessary for the public. They usually devolve into monopolies/oligopolies or scaming the public through serial privatization. Wasnt it london, were the privatization of the public water supply failed three times?

soupbowl 4y ago
Do the Norse have a large land mass with great distances between population centers and many small towns in between rugged mountains, rivers and forest?
- Wata26363 4y ago
  Yes
  - desiarnezjr 4y ago
    I just checked a map. I disagree. That being said, coverage outside of key population dense areas isn't particularly great. Not that there are many people there to complain about it...
- pjc50 4y ago
  > many small towns in between rugged mountains, rivers and forest? This is what all of Norway outside of Oslo looks like, yes. Also fjords.
  - soupbowl 4y ago
    Right they do have those things, I should have been more clear, the scale of Canada including all those things is much greater and more difficult to deal with though.

tenpies 4y ago

To put things in Canadian context, this is advocating that the Federal government - which cannot even operate a passport printer properly or keep airports running in a non-catastrophic manner - be trusted with critical infrastructure. All while one of the most brutally divisive and tyrannical Prime Ministers in Canadian history is sitting in power. Hard. Pass. The tri-opoly at least acts as somewhat of a check on a Federal government that seems desperate to control the internet.

JetAlone 4y ago
Same. Some good arguments are made about decentralization and the ideals for efficiency aren't bad, surely the author is a smart person. I remember singing "God keep our land glorious and free." as a little kid. Nowadays I feel like I'd need to add an asterisk at the end of that line, that points to a note in the margin, that says "To the extent it is, or could ever be".