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Trump admin halts broadband internet expansion in Louisiana

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• delichon 1y ago
  I live in a rural area far from the nearest available fiber connection, so I connect through a satellite dish. At the moment that means 209Mbps down, 16Mbps up and a 21ms latency for $120/month. It would be nice to have a much faster fiber connection but it's not clear why it is important enough to justify a taxpayer subsidy. What essential services am I missing because of the slower connection? Given the exploding federal deficit this looks like a good place to make a cut.
  • rsynnott 1y ago
    ... Well, I mean, also the _120 dollars a month_ seems like a bit of an issue; that'd simply be unaffordable for a lot of people. Also, there's an element of future-proofing; what will you need in 2050? Will a satellite be able to provide it? Also there's a question of long-term viability. As fixed line and very high-speed terrestrial cellular spread, satellite internet will become less and less a viable business, as its market shrinks to basically just the truly rural.