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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…

Anise ,

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.

okamiueru ,

Is this /technology, or /laststagecapitalism?

BrikoX OP Mod ,
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They do intersect a lot.

reddig33 ,

This is in addition to the last two times we gave them billions to build out internet infrastructure.

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