One of the big excuses for the telecom/ISP monopolies in Canada is that they help serve rural areas (same deal with Canada Post).
I'm curious to see if this ends up having any effect on the current system.
Technically you could just directly subsidize access to the rural areas, for those who can't afford the much cheaper new satellite systems themselves, instead of giving these anti-consumer monsters free reign on the whole country in exchange for managing expensive infrastructure just to serve a small percentage of the population.
I'm curious to see if this ends up having any effect on the current system.
Technically you could just directly subsidize access to the rural areas, for those who can't afford the much cheaper new satellite systems themselves, instead of giving these anti-consumer monsters free reign on the whole country in exchange for managing expensive infrastructure just to serve a small percentage of the population.