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White House announces $40 billion in broadband funding (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Kata1yst@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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States will receive at least $100 million

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[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or just contracting with fiber layers directly to lay fiber.

It would be simpler to just do it when they update the interstate highways…. But they sat around with their thumbs up each other’s asses too long and can’t wait for that.

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We did this though, in the early '00s. Look up "dark fiber". The infrastructure is there, but everyone refused to use or maintain it.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The next step would have been to make ISP a state provided utility, and in corpo-murica that's just tooo commie to accept.

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We did that! Then we promptly undid it '\__(°~°)__/`