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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

They were never building that, let's be honest.

Edit: rural broadband is like the new affordable housing, high speed rail, or better public transit... It's something that's completely possible to do but they'll always find some excuse to do nothing so they can campaign on it again next cycle

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was basically up to the states this time around, they could allocate BEAD funds more or less as they wanted and absolutely build fiber out to the vast majority of residences (look at North Dakota, it's evidently possible) through models like municipal fiber.

Ultimately it's a political issue more than anything else, Americans just can't get anything done anymore, politicians would rather enrich themselves and voters only care about the culture war.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wish there was more municipal fiber. It's absolutely insane that the big ISPs fight it and often win.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

In capitalist America, laws decide you!

[–] throwawayacc0430 4 points 2 days ago

This is proof of why Direct Democracy is better than "Representative" "Democracy"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Every single time the land line ISPs have gotten money for rural broadband, they use it for something else and don't build anything. Starlink actually built a network that works. Many places have gotten decent 5G home internet too.

I have been promised fiber for over a decade yet the only wired connection available is a DSL network that's been so poorly maintained that it barely even functions.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you mean works or falls out of the sky routinely to litter the earth? We build lots as far as smaller ISPs go. You just don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Starlink is designed to demise on re-entry. It's a core criteria.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

What does that mean to you exactly? All the ones that burnt up early weren’t designed for that lmao