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On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:15:25 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Which is an argument for some aspects of socialism. Socialise the cost.
> The UK to an extent has done that allowing BT iopenreach to make
> reasonably obscene profits and I think get government grants to achieve
> '95% populations covered at 10Mbps or better'

The American Way is to socialize the costs, privatize the profits.