The Trump administration is telling states they will be shut out of a $42 billion broadband deployment fund if they set the rates that Internet service providers receiving subsidies are allowed to charge people with low incomes.

The latest version of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) FAQ on the grant program, released today, is a challenge to states considering laws that would force Internet providers to offer cheap plans to people who meet income eligibility guidelines. One state already has such a law: New York requires ISPs with over 20,000 customers in the state to offer $15 broadband plans with download speeds of at least 25Mbps, or $20-per-month service with 200Mbps speeds.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59·
    2 months ago

    Small consolation, but I expect Trump voters will be disproportionally affected.

    The states and ISPs need to make noise about this, so MAGA knows what they’re missing.

      • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.world
        22·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, he’s not just grifting this time, he’s actively working against the American people and their interests, as well as our nations. It’s the literal definition of treason

      • Jay@lemmy.caEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        He= Christian Nationalists. Project 2025 didn’t come from his delusional mind, he’s just the one with the keys.

  • slurpinderpin@lemmy.world
    416·
    2 months ago

    You stupid fucks here were crying so hard about “Genocide” and Killer Kamala that you let an actual threat to the world gain the most powerful position in the world. Fuck all of you. This is your fault

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      173·
      2 months ago

      Lets not forget the waves of grown-ass men who raged and rallied every time a video game developer like, made a lesbian protagonist with realistic proportions and swore to burn the world down before anyone would tell them what kinds of games they should and should not play…

      Who are now utterly and completely silent about porn controls and internet gatekeeping sweeping across the nation as a direct result of the dictator regime they memed into power.

      I genuinely would give up video games and internet browsing forever if it meant making some incels shriek in their basement that they can’t fap to My Little Pony porn anymore.

      • Toneswirly@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 months ago

        Trust me bro, those freaks you’re talking about will find their MLP Filth (no judgment) regardless. The ironic thing about all these draconian right wing censorship attempts is that it will most likely squeeze out major companies from profits while the high seas gain an ever increasing “market share.” It’s never been easier, and they’ll never be able to stop it.

        • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          2 months ago

          they’ll never be able to stop it.

          I hope they make a strong attempt at trying so that maybe the basement dwellers will put their Guy Fawkes masks on and actually do something productive finally.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      315·
      2 months ago

      Yes, its the voters fault.

      Its not Biden or Kamala’s fault, for supporting the genocide, for prioritizing arming a genocide over domestic affairs and issues, for prioritizing Israel over America.

      God I wish I had this level of intellect. Must be so nice to not have to deal with pesky things like critical thinking or thoughts.

      • Jarix@lemmy.world
        133·
        2 months ago

        Yes yes it is the voters fault. (Not an American, just see too much of their elections )

        Trump was much worse than either Biden or Harris would have been. Harris did repeatedly speak out against the abuse in Palestine and claimed a 2 state solution was the only way forward.

        Trump? Literally supporting Israel and wants resorts where the Palestinians are. This is madness to let the voters of the hook for this

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    24·
    2 months ago

    Lmfao or what

    Also, this is transparently an effort to push people towards Starlink. They are trying to holistically control the flow of information to as great a proportion of the population that they can.

  • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world
    21·
    2 months ago

    Pay higher so we can be tracked like in FL, where you have to show ID to watch porn?

    What a fucking joke

    BTW, whats the typical price for internet access these days in the US? Havent been there since 2024.

    • doughless@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 months ago

      I pay $140/mo for ~300 down / 100 up. I found another provider with similar bandwidth for $50/mo, but I self-host a couple things, and they wouldn’t assign me an IPv6 prefix or allow port forwarding. Also, my son complained because his games had 70 ms ping on the less expensive provider.

      Edit: I’m in a big city, I think it’s even worse in rural areas.

      • Kirp123@lemmy.world
        101·
        2 months ago

        Wow. I live in Denmark and I pay 150 dollars every 4 months for 1Gb up and down.

        You guys are getting scammed in the US.

      • bruce965@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 months ago

        If port-forwarding is an issue, you can always use a free VPN to reach your self-hosted services. Or if you want to make them public, you can set up yourself a relay on AWS LightSail for less than 5$/month. Or if you want to save as much as possible you can use TailScale or CloudFlare’s Zero Trust network to self-host for free using their server as a relay.

      • DannyMac@sh.itjust.worksFrançais
        2·
        2 months ago

        $90/mo for 1Gbps up and down for me in a 30k town for me. I also have two fiber providers, one cable, and wireless as options. I realize I’m more of the exception than the rule. When I first moved here, 50Mbps cable was my only option.

        • doughless@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          I already have my own router, but they do NAT from the modem with no way to switch to bridge mode.

          • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            Ah, fucking assholes.

            I had to call my ISP because I specifically requested a modem only, no router, and they gave me one of their stupid locked-down combo units.

            If you bitch enough, they will relent.

            • doughless@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 months ago

              This was T-Mobile 5G internet, and they only had one modem available. I never bothered looking for my own 5G modem (assuming T-Mobile would even allow BYOD), because my son was already complaining about his ping. And even then, they would still only assign a single IPv6 instead of the full /64 prefix I get with my current provider.

  • thedruid@lemmy.world
    15·
    2 months ago

    What the cuck authority does he have to do that? None.

    An and Trump is in the Epstein files

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 months ago

      Turns out if the worst that can happen is a judge saying “Hey don’t do that” a few weeks later, you have unlimited authority.

  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
    101·
    2 months ago

    Having lived in the mid level of an NYC apt block: offer your neighbors upstairs and downstairs their own wifi network off your ddwrt/openwrt router, split the fast internet 3 ways and still pay less than any “low price” plan.

    Doesn’t take much to setup, and just ask them to Venmo or whatever. You’re not a landlord, you’re taking from the shit-ass ISPs and spreading the wealth while all of you profit equally.

  • Bwaz@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    Back in high school, I learned that the House of Representatives controlled the governments’ purse strings. When did that change to the President controlling? Granted that the current batch of republican reprobates in the House would likely do whatever Trump says, but they don’t even get asked or vote on it now.

    • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      When did that change to the President controlling?

      When the president decided that he can do whatever he wants because nobody with the authority to stop him is willing to do so.

  • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    man the prices below are disgusting and this is just the home internet. I used to pay $40 - $50 / month with BrightHouse. If we want higher speed, my roomates would chip in and the total price is at max $90/month. After they turn to greedy Spectrum, the price jumped to $80/ month for slow speed. It was so expensive so we didnt go with higher speed…

    I thought that was expensive so I decided to ditch broadband and only use my phone. This was when carriers still had truly unlimited data. Well, things worked for a while until they decided to kill that too with BS feature, i.e. you’re still unlimited but we’ll slow you down if you hit the limit. I paid no minds to this at first, but then the 2G was so slow that you couldnt do anything.