For the same reason we pay for a lot of things we may not ever use. It was put there for there for everyone based on a need for some people. Schools and roads are good examples. Some folks never have kids but they pay for schools. People pay for road taxes but they don't drive on most of them.

The idea is that we all pay for things that are deemed for the majority or the greater good. You may not need (or want) them now but they are there if and when you need them.

Not surprising since adult entertainment (porn and online gambling) is usually the first to adopt new tech. I have very little remorse for the "influencers" being displaced since many (probably most) are really just outsourced salespeople showing off "amazing" things for you to buy.

My first thought too

A lifetime discounts for you!

It is all about the cost and seen as too expensive for what it provides in the short run.

Regulations, standards, etc come to exist because when to many organizations won't do the right thing without being forced.

Maybe they will keep AM around. AM covers a wide area for sure ..but the sound quality is not so good for music.

Same here and if I hear Metallica playing anywhere I change the station/channel if I can.

Lars/Metallica complaining about sharing music probably accelerated the development of apps like LimeWire that shared any kind of files.

I have seen this brought up for state and national borders. Who's responsibility is it to correctly declare and prove residency? IME it is the employee who provides their employer with the proof for the employer for payroll (taxes, benefits, etc).

I may have reversed your comparison ... I should know not to post before coffee. :-)

Fiber to the home is more of a fixed service. I would not really consider it a mobile service.

Their rates look good to me - https://epb.com/fi-speed-inter...

Subsidized? Well they were the local municipal power company first and then Internet provider. They post their financials but I don't have the time to dig in to see if the customer base pays for the whole thing or if all residents pay into it.

IIRC - Chatanooga TN , aka "Gig City" , ran fiber to homes and has been offering gigabit ISP service to residents for many years now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

This.

There are also some folks that even without metrics everyone knows who they are and what they do since they are valued resources on every project or maybe they help everyone else get their job done.

Better depends on who it is better for. It does not matter if EVs are better for consumers because it is not better for the ICE automakers in the short run. They do not want to spend huge amounts on R&D unless it is their idea. Companies do not like being forced to do things differently by competition or legislation. It has been shown time and time again that they will do whatever just about anything (lie, steal, cheat) to slow down progress unless it is their idea.

If they really cared they would let people roll back to the previous version until they get the new version right.

They should be forced to use a PS2, rotary phones, TVs w/o remotes, VCRs, stick shift cars, etc. LOL