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Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 9 months agoThe6 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
wahming@monyet.cc 9 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.
robotopera@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
They’ve been paid multiple times to do it.
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 9 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.
Brkdncr@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Hi, it’s me with my rural community that doesn’t have service at all.
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Whereabouts
wahming@monyet.cc 9 months ago
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.
Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Rural Utility Service is the government body where the initiative exists. Hard to bring a true broadband to rural areas. For any decent customer penetration you need radio. IDK, but I think 5G qualifies if there isn’t a range problem.