SeaJ@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoISPs seeking government handouts try to avoid offering low-cost broadbandarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIn the early 2000s iirc they were given billions to build out rural broadband. They kept it. Rural broadband still doesn’t exist to speak of.
minus-squareSirDerpy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoWe did the same for urban fiber. It’s never materialized, either. And, the USDA has been providing funding and loans for rural broadband for quite awhile.
In the early 2000s iirc they were given billions to build out rural broadband. They kept it. Rural broadband still doesn’t exist to speak of.
We did the same for urban fiber. It’s never materialized, either. And, the USDA has been providing funding and loans for rural broadband for quite awhile.