This is proof of why Direct Democracy is better than “Representative” “Democracy”
Comment on The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink
aesthelete@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They were never building that, let’s be honest.
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Every single time the land line ISPs have gotten money for rural broadband, they use it for something else and don’t build anything. Starlink actually built a network that works. Many places have gotten decent 5G home internet too.
I have been promised fiber for over a decade yet the only wired connection available is a DSL network that’s been so poorly maintained that it barely even functions.
RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Do you mean works or falls out of the sky routinely to litter the earth? We build lots as far as smaller ISPs go. You just don’t have any idea what you’re talking about.
cole@lemdro.id 1 month ago
Starlink is designed to demise on re-entry. It’s a core criteria.
RedPostItNote@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What does that mean to you exactly? All the ones that burnt up early weren’t designed for that lmao
Glitchvid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It was basically up to the states this time around, they could allocate BEAD funds more or less as they wanted and absolutely build fiber out to the vast majority of residences (look at North Dakota, it’s evidently possible) through models like municipal fiber.
Ultimately it’s a political issue more than anything else, Americans just can’t get anything done anymore, politicians would rather enrich themselves and voters only care about the culture war.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I wish there was more municipal fiber. It’s absolutely insane that the big ISPs fight it and often win.
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
In capitalist America, laws decide you!