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Honestly with those numbers, I'm pretty surprised it's even an independent company. Wouldn't such a community of 3-4k people in a very remote location be a prim
by krsdcbl 2y ago
Honestly with those numbers, I'm pretty surprised it's even an independent company. Wouldn't such a community of 3-4k people in a very remote location be a prime example where providing internet could just be a gov/municipal service, subsided by an extraordinary tax if needed?
- Symbiote 2y agoNowadays in Britain, even if the government provides the service they would typically contract a private company to set up and operate it. It looks like the Falkland are similar. Here's a Facebook post from the Falkland government announcing a deal with this ISP. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=503105315175847&id=100064291495689 https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=50310531517584...
- sitkack 2y agoThis is what a Thatcher Conservative utopia looks like, top to bottom public private partnerships. The whole thing is an own goal.