misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoStarlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidieswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldgoodnews@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareguacupado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down5·7 months agoRight, but the point is, instead of going to Starlink that taxpayer money could be used to get access to where you’re at.
minus-squarethoughts3rased@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·7 months agoComcast will take the taxpayer money, run a shit 5mbps line to the rural area, charge you out the ass for it and pocket the difference from the subsidies.
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agoThey already did that…we gave the telecoms almost 1 trillion dollars…we do not need to be giving them more.
Right, but the point is, instead of going to Starlink that taxpayer money could be used to get access to where you’re at.
Comcast will take the taxpayer money, run a shit 5mbps line to the rural area, charge you out the ass for it and pocket the difference from the subsidies.
They already did that…we gave the telecoms almost 1 trillion dollars…we do not need to be giving them more.