Oh I see where you're coming from. "No such thing as a free lunch" is a phrase, basically stating nothing is ever actually free. In other words, making it affordable for everyone comes at a cost to everyone.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_ain%27t_no_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 10:11 AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote: > > > On 6/2/21 15:53, Josh Luthman wrote: > > "If it was affordable" is a tricky statement. There's no such thing as a > free lunch. If taxes/government/municipalities/etc are required to make it > "affordable" that means all of the people are paying for it with extra > steps. > > > Nobody says we should offer free fibre. > > There are markets that find mobile data unaffordable. > > > > To put it very simply, imagine the US does fiber the way it does power. > If every single person throws in $10/mo every month we could easily hook up > that guy that's 5 miles from the closest source of power/water in the > Nevada desert. Is that fair to the guy in a 150+ person apartment > building? One gets solitude and fiber internet, the other has to deal with > neighbors and gets fiber internet. > > Exclude the problems with government regulated power (or anything) for > this topic, please. > > > You now see why I don't live in the U.S. :-). > > Seriously, in case it wasn't obvious, I don't live in the U.S., nor am I > American. Translation, it probably is not harmful to compare this issue > with non-U.S. markets, which was your argument. > > > > In what instance? Power has cost assistance and water in most > environments is pretty accessible. I'm not sure what you mean here. > > > Again, non-U.S. context. > > There are many markets where folk have a mobile phones and some data, but > no access to power or clean water. In others, bringing water or power to > areas means bribing officials for years and still getting nothing. But they > may be able to pick up some 3G :-). > > Mark. >
