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How could we kickstart a 5th telecom across Canada? (lemmy.ca)
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We could start fundraising to do the legal paperwork and buy a tower in a provincial capital then start the plans. Anyone who funds and/or works gets a share and the right to vote in the cooperative’s affairs.

The plan could be basic at first for a low price of $3 that includes wifi calling nationwide for anyone outside of the city. Then we could expand the cellular service across the province then maybe bring it the rest of the country to rival the competition and bring down prices for everyone.

Our cooperative would be focused on providing high paying jobs and providing good benefits.

We can use Mastodon, Friendica and Lemmy.ca to deliver service updates.

It’s just a fun thought experiment ;)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Since everyone needs a phone and an internet connection, why not nationalize it and create a crown corporation. Put it it's charter that it can't charge more than it takes to maintain and update the system.