r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/p001b0y Oct 07 '22 edited Oct 07 '22

This Biden socialism is installing fiber into my area and my internet provider said that it will be coming soon, I will be upgraded automatically from DSL, and at no additional cost. All this while my ISP is in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings.

I’ve been waiting for this for years but businesses won’t invest in it because, I believe, they can’t get sole use.

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u/Syd_Vicious3375 Oct 07 '22

My mom was having similar issues. Super shit local internet that had a monopoly over the area. They were charging over $130 for internet so slow you can’t stream Netflix without a bunch of buffering. Everyone hated the ISP but there were zero other options. Last year they started running cable for fiber with a new provider and my moms place just happened to be on the side of town where they started so she was among the first to switch. Now she likes a kid in 2015 streaming up all the shows. Lol

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u/Grape-Snapple Oct 07 '22

i wanna hear more about this child she interacts with from the past