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…

  • @reddig33@lemmy.world
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    217 months ago

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

    • @qwertyqwertyqwerty
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      97 months ago

      It worked out so well last time, it’s like sunk-cost fallacy at this point. Might as well be a Nigerian scammer.

  • Anise (they/she)
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    117 months ago

    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.