▲ 109 ▼ Trump plan to fund Musk’s Starlink over fiber called “betrayal” of rural US (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/technology@lemmy.zip 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments Director of $42 billion broadband fund pushed out, says program is being ruined.
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 year ago (2 children) This had the potential to change so many lives for the better :( permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago There's going to be a whole shelf in future libraries dedicated to the books written about how bad this time period was for people. Assuming humanity survives, of course. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago And it has! The money that doesn’t go to Comcast helps smaller providers build out and give rural homes modern internet permalink fedilink source parent
[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago There's going to be a whole shelf in future libraries dedicated to the books written about how bad this time period was for people. Assuming humanity survives, of course. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago And it has! The money that doesn’t go to Comcast helps smaller providers build out and give rural homes modern internet permalink fedilink source parent