U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis

@EldoTelecom

Analysis & commentary on America's troubled transition from analog phone service to digital advanced telecommunications and associated infrastructure deficits.

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·2d

"the program once billed as “Internet for All” is expected to reach fewer households and businesses under the revamped plan, and experts say closing the remaining gaps will require sustained investment."

Route Fifty@routefifty

Early signs of a massive federal broadband expansion effort are beginning to reach local communities. via @dailyyonder buff.ly/1vqbZsl

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Breakfast Media@BroadbandCensus·27 Nis

.@SiFiNetworks Open Access Operator SiFi Sold A Dutch pension fund manager and German investment firm acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. broadbandbreakfast.com/open-access-op…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·26 Nis

Anecdote driven program policy. Clearly off the grid prems.

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·26 Nis

“…you had some people where a $150,000 fiber run to a house that was worth $100,000. It was crazy town. So, we rebid it, without any technological limitations… And we executed the plan for $21 billion exactly according to the statute. Half the money.”broadband.io/c/get-broadban…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·23 Nis

The magical economic thinking at the center of the 1996 Telecom Act: Why Al Gore’s Information Superhighway wasn’t built. eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-ma…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·23 Nis

"The American and German approach of letting incumbents build monopolies, allowing wasteful overbuild, and refusing to regulate natural monopolies is often called a ‘free market.’ But it’s not free. And it’s not a market."

U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom

"[W]hen you let natural monopolies operate without oversight. They don’t compete on price or quality. They extract rent." sschueller.github.io/posts/the-free…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·23 Nis

"[W]hen you let natural monopolies operate without oversight. They don’t compete on price or quality. They extract rent." sschueller.github.io/posts/the-free…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·22 Nis

High-Speed Hope: Congress Passes Bill Promising Stronger Broadband for Rural Residents hoosieragtoday.com/2026/04/21/hou…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·16 Nis

"This could have fostered a mindset of bandwidth abundance rather than scarcity, thus avoiding decades of “broadband” battles at all levels of government over a constantly changing definition of broadband, where is available and at what price." eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-ma…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·15 Nis

Telecom Act critical flaw: Innovation and competition are not primary drivers for infrastructure. As former Google advisor and co-founder Larry Page noted, there's no flying-saucer shit in laying fiber." eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-ma…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·14 Nis

Cherry picking and lemon dropping: Copper orphans. potsandpansbyccg.com/2026/04/14/lef…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·12 Nis

The magical economic thinking at the center of the 1996 Telecom Act: Why Al Gore’s Information Superhighway wasn’t built. eldotelecom.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-ma…

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U.S. Telecom Infrastructure Crisis@EldoTelecom·12 Nis

“Starting in the 1990’s, a few years before the Telecom Act, America was promised a new shiny fiber optic future.” — @Brucekushnick medium.com/p/telecom-act-…

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