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

• Rapidcreek@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’ve been paid multiple times to do it.

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    • Rapidcreek@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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      • Brkdncr@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Hi, it’s me with my rural community that doesn’t have service at all.

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      • wahming@monyet.cc ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        RUS

        Just so we’re clear, the discussion here is not about RUS, but the Rural Broadband Initiative. ISPs were paid billions to bring broadband services to the countryside. They took the money and did nothing with it.

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