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> So make ATT and other ISPs serve the rural market, FTC! You don’t want that. They (and others like Verizon) have repeatedly taken government grants to extend
by thewebcount 4y ago
> So make ATT and other ISPs serve the rural market, FTC!
You don’t want that. They (and others like Verizon) have repeatedly taken government grants to extend their networks into unserved areas (both rural and urban) and then just not done the work. Ars Technica follows this stuff pretty closely and they’ve done some good reporting on it.
- ncmncm 4y agoAT&T took $500M back when to extend fiber to rural areas, back when that seemed like a lot of money. They ran fiber to 1/10 mi from my house. Then, never lit it, because the grant they took didn't require that. FCC staying on top of telecomm companies' follow-through is a welcome change.