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

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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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.

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- HerrBeter@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Sweden got fiber to small communities and towns 20 years ago
  
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  - Rapidcreek@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Sweden is a much smaller country.
    
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    HerrBeter@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And there is a lot more people living in the US
    
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