Bernie Sanders unveils plan to break up telecom companies and launch universal broadband access [View all]

[Uncle Joe]

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“It is outrageous that across the country millions of Americans and so many of our communities do not have access to affordable high-speed internet,” Sanders said in a statement. “Access to the internet is a necessity in today's economy, and it should be available for all.

"We are going to take on the greedy internet, telecom and cable monopolies and put an end to their absurd prices gouging. Just as President Roosevelt fundamentally made America more equal by bringing electricity to every farm and rural community over 80 years ago, as president, I will do the same with high-speed internet.”

The plan would use $150 billion in grants through his "Green New Deal" plan — his $16.3 trillion plan to remake the country's economy around averting climate change and economic equality — to encourage city and state government to build publicly owned broadband internet networks.

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"The internet as we know it was developed by taxpayer-funded research, using taxpayer-funded grants in taxpayer-funded labs," his plan reads. "Our tax dollars built the internet and access to it should be a public good for all, not another price gouging profit machine for Comcast, AT&T and Verizon."


https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/06/election-2020-bernie-sanders-calls-break-up-telecom-companies/4353458002/