US | FCC chairman leads “cruel” vote to take Wi-Fi access away from school kids

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/fcc-chairman-leads-cruel-vote-to-take-wi-fi-access-away-from-school-kids/

FCC Republicans kill funding for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and Wi-Fi on school buses.

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FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
And the content that is sorely needed due to the clickbait headline:

Congress temporarily authorized the hotspot program during the pandemic, and the FCC didn’t have authority to bring it back when the congressional authorization expired.

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- not_that_guy05@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Guys guys, the previous administration are assholes for helping American kids instead of the rich.
  
  Rather have my money used on things that will help kids than war or ice, but that’s just me.
  
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  - FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Missed the point by so far you don’t even know what topic we’re in anymore.
    
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- BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Full quote
  
  Carr said that Congress temporarily authorized the hotspot program during the pandemic, and the FCC didn’t have authority to bring it back when the congressional authorization expired.
  
  Gomez disputed Carr’s legal argument, saying that “Congress gave the FCC permission to expand the applications of E-Rate funding as the technologies used to educate children evolve.” She pointed out that the Universal Service law says the FCC may designate additional services for support. Gomez continued:
  
  When the E-Rate program was implemented, dial-up Internet was the standard, and today, September 30th, 2025, AOL is discontinuing dial-up service. It is safe to say the landscape of communications technology has changed dramatically throughout the life of the E-Rate program. As underscored during my visit to the High School for Environmental Studies in New York a couple of weeks ago, students are now using Chromebooks in classrooms on a regular basis, and they are expected to submit homework assignments online using platforms like Google classroom. These changes are made possible with support from E-Rate funding.
  
  Yet George W. Bush did that for “bookmobiles” so we know Carr is full of shit.
  
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  - FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    So your argument is a “he said she said”, and you believe the FCC are just wrong?
    
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