<I wish they’d bar companies that have failed to build out their rural service areas for more than a decade from accepting this money
If your ISP already took millions and didn't do what they said they would last time, that should disqualify them for another grant.
>because they cannot afford to lay dozens of miles of fiber in order to serve a hundred households? You want to keep us country folk in the dark ages? Because that’s what it sounds like.
Sounds like starlink may make more sense for your home and community than fiber. There is obviously a density threshold where laying fiber is not cost effective.
They never qualified it as taking millions and not building out; the only qualifier included was not building out for a decade, which includes my ISP.
My ISP has applied for these funds to bring fiber to my property. The original statement asserts they should not be allowed to receive funding. You seem to feel the same way, unless you genuinely believe that Starlink is in any way comparable to fiber. To be clear, it is not even close, and it never will be.
Rural citizens do not deserve to be left behind with speeds that are an order of magnitude slower than what everyone else has. We subsidize other utilities to reach everyone, and we have decided internet is critical to our society. It is time for everyone to pony up to fund access for everyone.
I can see that reading. I took it the other way given the larger context of concern about paying providers like starlink for service that will never be delivered.
I dont think starlink is the same as fiber, but I also dont think fiber is a human right or even relevant for most people given a reasonable alternative.
<I wish they’d bar companies that have failed to build out their rural service areas for more than a decade from accepting this money
If your ISP already took millions and didn't do what they said they would last time, that should disqualify them for another grant.
>because they cannot afford to lay dozens of miles of fiber in order to serve a hundred households? You want to keep us country folk in the dark ages? Because that’s what it sounds like.
Sounds like starlink may make more sense for your home and community than fiber. There is obviously a density threshold where laying fiber is not cost effective.