I dunno if DSL-based ISPs were going to last in the US. I mean, in a big country the range limits of DSL make it hard to compete with cable. I get 20Mbps at my location with fiber-to-the-node, but people a few miles down the road get 10x that speed with Time Warner cable for the same price. In some place like the Netherlands or South Korea it might be different, but not here.

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charcircuit 5 hours ago | parent [-]

DSL is infinitely faster than a nonexistent cable wiring that will never be financially viable to provide.

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Tostino 5 hours ago | parent [-]

These companies were already paid to wire up the US with fiber using taxpayer dollars.

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direwolf20 5 hours ago | parent [-]

and they took the money and didn't do it and didn't get prosecuted

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Tostino 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Exactly. Points out how "will never be financially viable to provide" is a completely BS argument in this context.

	▲	charcircuit 36 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It isn't. I gave up on waiting and switched to starlink. The existence of starlink provides even less financial reward for for paying to wire up my house.