Telecom monopolies are poised to waste the U.S.’s massive new investment in high-speed broadband

U.S. broadband has always been mired in mediocrity. Despite decades of political promises and untold billions in industry subsidies, U.S. broadband is plagued by slow speeds, high prices, and spotty coverage. With billions more in new subsidies coming from new infrastructure and COVID-19 pandemic relief bills, there’s both newfound hope for raising the bar—and ample …