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White House announces $40 billion in broadband funding (www.theverge.com)
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States will receive at least $100 million

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[–] 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 '\__(°~°)__/`