Comment on US broadband grant rules shut out small ISPs and municipalities, advocates say
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 9 months agoThe only ISPs that can compete are ones using existing power line infrastructure, so utility companies and cooperatives.
Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 9 months ago
Tried that. You get a lot of errors in power line delivery.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 9 months ago
My grandmother lives in a very rural area and gets gigabit because of her cooperative. They do work in some places at least.
Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 9 months ago
If it worked well at scale, the power companies would be in with both feet. It doesn’t