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The best thing that happened to phones is deregulation. Remember $1 per min

long distance? Remember when competition meant 25 cents per minute MCI friends and family? Now it's basically free. The feds need to do something similar with broadband internet.

(In response to this post by WahooMatt05)

Posted: 04/01/2020 at 11:27AM

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