NYC DSA Tech Action

@nycdsatech.bsky.social

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Working Group of the NYC Democratic Socialists of America investigating the political, social, and economic effects of new technology. https://linktr.ee/nycdsatechaction

By comparing municipal internet service providers across 27 communities, over 85% of these community owned ISPs charged less than private competitors, using "clear and unchanging pricing" in comparison to private contracts riddled with fees and price hikes. Some of these prices were up to 50% less than the lowest-cost private alternative!
In Ammon, Idaho, (population 20k) every home has fiber optic access with 1 gigabit/second download and upload speeds for $30/month, rules that 9 different ISPs must follow?

For the past 15 years in Finland, Internet has been a basic right- alongside clean water, education, and voting

Internet for all is possible!