Comment on SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant

• wahming@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yes. Verizon, AT&T et al

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  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The6 pulled wire for miles to service rural areas and are maintaining a network to service rural customers. The BOCs are why there is RUS funds

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    • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They were paid to provide broadband services to the rural areas. As millions of people living in the rural areas can attest, the majority of their promises were not fulfilled.

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      • robotopera@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        They’ve been paid multiple times to do it.

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      • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No. They were paid to provide services, which is what they did/do. The rural customers pay no more than urban customers but use a hell of a lot lot more infrastructure. Broadband is now a service that can be used for RUS, that’s all.

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