Summary
Senate Democrats accused the Trump administration of stalling $42 billion in broadband grants and redirecting funds toward Elon Musk’s Starlink by overturning Biden-era rules favoring fiber networks.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s “tech-neutral” policy prioritizes cost over quality, potentially sidelining more reliable fiber infrastructure.
A May 30 letter warned delays could push projects back two years.
Trump also scrapped a separate $2.75 billion Digital Equity program, calling it “racist and illegal.” Critics say the moves undermine broadband expansion in rural and underserved communities.
This administration is really trying to fuck us all but in particular some of Trump’s most ardent supporters,
And they’ll keep licking his ass for it.
Is that how you start the trickle down process?
Starlink is worse in every way compared to broadband, security purposes alone it should never be considered. Nothing beats a wire under the ground.
You can deploy Starlink in minutes. Wired requires months.
RV lifestyle people depend on Starlink.
I wish there were better options but there aren’t.
Starlink is not worse in every way though.
If your RV could have fiber, Starlink would be worse in every way… You stripped out the context (fiber availability).
Starlink is amazing when fiber isn’t possible. When fiber is possible, it’s cheaper in the long term and it’s in fact better in every way (latency, reliability, performance, throughout, etc).
It’s worse in that weather dictates how fast your internet is.
That hasn’t been a problem for me nor most customers. I’m on video calls all day long.
Open corruption. They don’t even bother trying to hide it because there are no consequences.
Always heard about fiber rollout from att in my city. Been more than 10 years. Only the rich zip have gotten it. There isn’t even any rollout front those cities to the immediate surrounding communities. Zero effort from the telcos. There a more massive push for broadband through wifi.
The rich get richer and the rest of us slowly get boiled in the pot.
So funny, I’d not trust Elon at all.
