Bernie Sanders unveils a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan with $150B to build publicly owned broadband networks, wants to break up ISPs like Comcast and AT&T
When Bernie is president … Alex Hernandez / Techaeris : Bernie Sanders promises high-speed internet for all Clyde Hughes / UPI : Bernie Sanders unveils ‘High-Speed Internet for All’ plan Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading : Bernie Sanders Threatens to Break Up Broadband Market With ‘High-Speed Internet for All’ Plan Makena Kelly / The Verge : Bernie Sanders unveils $150 billion plan to expand high-speed internet access Emily Birnbaum / The Hill : Sanders calls to break up Comcast, Verizon Klint Finley / Wired : Bernie Sanders Says Internet Service Should be a Human Right Jon Fingas / Engadget : Bernie Sanders proposes $150 billion for public broadband improvements Jenny McGrath / Digital Trends : Bernie Sanders proposes faster, cheaper broadband with $150B internet overhaul Stephanie Sengwe / The Streamable : Bernie Sanders Announces $150 Billion Plan to Provide Affordable Internet Access for All Karl Bode / VICE : Bernie Sanders' Broadband Plan Is Comcast's Worst Nightmare Marcus Gilmer / Mashable : Bernie Sanders unveils his plan to bring everyone high-speed internet Janko Roettgers / Variety : Bernie Sanders Vows to Break Up Comcast, Verizon & AT&T: ‘Their Greed Must End’ Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing : Bernie Sanders has a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan, $150 billion for public broadband Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Bernie Sanders aims to break up ISP and cable monopolies Victoria Song / Gizmodo : Bernie Sanders Has a $150 Billion ‘Internet For All’ Plan C. Scott Brown / Android Authority : Bernie Sanders: Broadband is a ‘price-gouging profit machine,’ plans to fix it Carrie Mihalcik / CNET : Bernie Sanders says its time to take the internet out of the hands of ‘monopolies’ Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire : Bernie Sanders promises ‘high-speed internet for all’ through publicly-owned broadband service Andrew Wyrich / The Daily Dot : Bernie Sanders unveils ‘high-speed internet for all’ plan Tweets: Bernie Sanders / @berniesanders : Just as President Roosevelt fundamentally made America more equal by bringing electricity to every community, urban and rural, over 80 years ago, as president, I will do the same with high-speed internet. https://berniesanders.com/... Labor for Bernie / @laborforbernie : “It is time to take the internet out of the hands of monopolies like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T and put it in the hands of the people where it belongs”. https://www.cnbc.com/... Jason Call / @callforcongress : I fully support breaking up internet and cable companies. Just like health insurance companies, I don't know anyone who likes their provider. Additionally all FCC licenses for media titans need review and revoke them if they do not serve the public good. https://twitter.com/... Gen / @robert_spalding : Umm what?! - “100mbps download speeds and 10mbps upload speeds.” We can do a lot better than that. https://berniesanders.com/... Vijay Shekhar / @vijayshekhar : Internet companies or telcos ? https://twitter.com/... @nycdsatechwg : “High-speed internet service must be treated as the new electricity — a public utility that everyone deserves as a basic human right.” https://twitter.com/... Karl Bode / @karlbode : AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are also going to REALLY love Bernie's plan to kill off those 19 protectionist state laws they use to ban towns and cities from building better broadband networks. For sure. pic.twitter.com/Hnnln2cGR2 Karl Bode / @karlbode : AT&T Time Warner and Comcast NBC Universal are going to LOVE Bernie's plan to break up vertically-integrated telecom/media monopolies. pic.twitter.com/MeOIAAzB0M Karl Bode / @karlbode : Seriously this Bernie broadband plan is as if somebody tapped into an AT&T executives worst possible nightmare and made it whole, with a little extra salt. Mike Marseglia / @mmars : OSHEAN built a fiber optic network in #RI with Obama-era stimulus money. It's in the public right of way on the poles. I'd wager it's barely at 10% capacity. What would it take to bring that high speed access to everyone, not just OSHEAN's members. https://twitter.com/... Hellbaby / @hell_babey : this is easily one of the most important proposals bernie's come out with this cycle. the battle for the internet is the backdrop for so much of the future of left politics in america, and it's brilliant imo that he's finally drawing a line in the sand here https://twitter.com/... Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : A lot going on here in the details but preempting state laws that ban municipal broadband (one of the many aspects of this proposal) could help a lot of people at zero cost. https://twitter.com/... Ella Nilsen / @ella_nilsen : Bernie Sanders is releasing a “High-Speed Internet for All” plan that would invest $150b for states/municipalities to build publicly owned, open-source broadband. It would also break up internet company monopolies, among other things. https://berniesanders.com/... @tgracchus1848 : i need to read the specifics but hell yeah this would change the game in so many places https://twitter.com/... Rory Blank / @pisscastle : Bernie Sanders is the gamer candidate https://twitter.com/... Rowland Manthorpe / @rowlsmanthorpe : Bernie Sanders is promising high-speed broadband for everyone in the US, free for anyone living in public housing https://berniesanders.com/... Michael Sayman / @michaelsayman : Woah. Many candidates don't talk about this much, but this right here is important. https://twitter.com/... M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : Semi-serious question: is Mayor Pete the only candidate we can be sure isn't still paying for dial-up AOL? https://twitter.com/... @democratic_rep : The proposal would also break up what the campaign calls “internet service provider and cable monopolies,” stop service providers from offering content and end what it calls “anticompetitive mergers.” https://www.cnbc.com/... @captivate : In his new ‘High-Speed Internet for All’ proposal, Bernie Sanders calls to treat the internet like a public utility instead of a ‘price gouging profit machine’ for companies like Comcast and Verizon. https://www.cnbc.com/...