Tonight will have to be postponed until the WiFi is up and running well.
But, while we are on the subject; there is a big push for connecting the country. I think it is a great idea.
HOWEVER.
It is time to regulate the charges placed on internet services. As I write this Spectrum with 100 megabytes is selling for $44 and change per month. Good deal, right? Sign up, right?
While Spectrum is doing it’s best to offer internet at an affordable price, by the time all the fees are attached to it the monthly cost is $108 plus change per month. That includes TV cable, too.
That is disgraceful. The internet is a necessity in the year 2021, no different than electricity, for every American. Knowing that cities, state and federal governments have added fees and taxes to raise revenues. The companies themselves add fees for different aspects of service.
The federal government needs to take control of this interstate function. Get rid of the fees and make it affordable as Spectrum is at least trying to do. The more Americans using the internet the greater the commerce. It is the commerce everyone should be interested in propagating. Return normal sales tax to internet commerce.
It isn’t right that in a national health emergency where children are taught over the net that a family is burdened with a cost they never had in public school.
The fees and taxes are too much. Do something about it!
