Telecoms To Get $45 Billion In Taxpayer Broadband Subsidies, But Are Whining Because They Might Have To Deliver Affordable Broadband To A Few Poor People

Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/16/telecoms-to-get-45-billion-in-taxpayer-broadband-subsidies-but-are-whining-because-they-might-have-to-deliver-affordable-broadband-to-a-few-poor-people/

The 2021 infrastructure bill is throwing more than $42 billion at America’s mediocre broadband networks. And while a lot of that money will be put to good use shoring up fiber, a lot of it is…

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reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is in addition to the last two times we gave them billions to build out internet infrastructure.

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- qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It worked out so well last time, it’s like sunk-cost fallacy at this point. Might as well be a Nigerian scammer.
  
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Anise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The response from the states should be: Don’t want to provide service? Fine, we will fill in the gaps with county-owned internet service.

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teamevil@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
We’ve done this before and they just rolled it up onto executive bonuses.

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okamiueru@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Is this /technology, or /laststagecapitalism?

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- BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They do intersect a lot.
  
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