Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square312linkfedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down119
arrow-up1757arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square312linkfedilink
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoWhere? In the US? It’s already been paid for multiple times over, through government grants and subsidies.
minus-squareuhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.clubBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoCan you tell me more about this? Is it true that government grants and subsidies were given out to specifically expand fiber to rural America?
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYou’re putting words in my mouth. I was speaking in generalities about physical connections, not specifically about fibre.
minus-squareuhdeuidheuidhed@thelemmy.clubBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoAnd we already have physical connections, even in rural America.
Where? In the US? It’s already been paid for multiple times over, through government grants and subsidies.
Can you tell me more about this? Is it true that government grants and subsidies were given out to specifically expand fiber to rural America?
You’re putting words in my mouth. I was speaking in generalities about physical connections, not specifically about fibre.
And we already have physical connections, even in rural America.