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Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband (www.techdirt.com)

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Tired Of Being Ripped Off By Monopolies, Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband::Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the "worst connected city in the U.S." thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn't really a mystery: consolidated monopoly/duopoly power has resulted in a broken market where local giants like AT&T and Charter don't have to compete on price, speeds, availability, customer…

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[-] neatchee@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

We doing okay this year, despite our best efforts to fail

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

We doing okay this year

First time? I've been a Browns fan since '88 - I know how this is going to end.

[-] neatchee@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

This thread aged perfectly for Cleveland 🙃

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Ha ha it sure did. "I told you so" is the only thing I'll always have going for me as a Browns fan.

[-] neatchee@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It's always something, isn't it? If we have a good defense, no offense. Good quarterback? No offensive line. 7-3 record? Injury time!

[-] neatchee@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Haha hardly. I grew up in Cleveland. I fully expect us to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory every week, every year

[-] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

The Browns tried like hell to lose the last two games but the officials just wouldn't let them.

[-] neatchee@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

I'll take what I can get

[-] neatchee@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

This thread aged perfectly for Cleveland 🙃

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