in my area, Verizon took millions of dollars to lay fiber. They laided
very little and kept the money.
You can count the number of cities and towns with fiber on one hand, and you wouldn't use all five fingers.
Verizon makes Comcast look angelic.
I live in Massachusetts, and we've got a pretty large area of methane bubbling up from the sea floor. The smart money says in a few years we'll be a second Venus. Of course that means everything dies. I'm not sorry that we are finished on this planet, but the rest of the life that will die I am sorry for.
We did the damage but everybody else will suffer our fate.
I don't know about the rest of the government but the Air Force uses mostly Symantec products. They used to give out copies of antivirus/firewall software like candy.
They contain mercury which gradually leaks out. Mercury is a toxic metal. And it's almost impossible to dispose of properly even if still unbroken. You can't just throw these things in the trash. I live in Massachusetts. The only recycling center is a single Home Depot in Pittsfield. I live in Andover. If I had to properly dispose of this hazardous waste, I'd have to drive 150 miles to do it.
There's a good video about how Germany phased out incandescent bulbs. In turned into a classic clusterfuck. They didn't think of safety concerns or the claims of their supposed efficiency.
Here's the link:
http://www.linktv.org/programs/in-focus-toxic-light-the-dark-side-of-energy-saving-light-bulbs