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It’s not that easy. The federal government is in fact spending over $100 billion in the next decade laying fiber (and that’s only partial subsidies, so the tota
by notquiteright 3y ago
It’s not that easy. The federal government is in fact spending over $100 billion in the next decade laying fiber (and that’s only partial subsidies, so the total investment will be even higher) and it still won’t be enough to get fiber everywhere.
- ufocia 3y agoNot sure why the taxpayers are footing the bill.
- notquiteright 3y agoBecause it’s not profitable to build fiber out to many places.
- AtlasBarfed 3y agoBased on what happened last time: - the telcos pocketed the money and did very very little actual deployment, and the FCC did nothing - lobbied the FCC to deny Starlink funds when Starlink actually delivered a usable rural service and got them to declare it "not broadband" At least the FCC hasn't been completely useless in mobile broadband. I'm sure if 5G starts approaching usable competition with Cable/Telcos, the FCC will kill it for them.