Millions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray.
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most areas have ISP monolopies, which is somewhat understandable given the high infrastructure costs etc. For that reason they should be regulated as utilities, but aren't because high speed internet isn't legally "essential" in the year of our lord 2025.
It's not understandable at all. The telcos took nearly a trillion dollars from tax payers back in the 2000s to get broadband to everyone in the USA....and they basically stole it.
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It's not understandable at all. The telcos took nearly a trillion dollars from tax payers back in the 2000s to get broadband to everyone in the USA....and they basically stole it.
…and they basically stole it
It's the American way. We're honestly lucky that it wasn't feasible for the big telecoms to build their own versions of the Internet, or there'd be several of those too.
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What's an average Internet connection like in the USA? How many megs down?
I get 100 down, 50 up, which is the max for my ISP. They're putting in fiber this year or next, so I'll probably upgrade once that happens.
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What's an average Internet connection like in the USA? How many megs down?
Highest I've ever gotten was 200 down/10 up. My current is 50 down/10 up.
I pretty much always pay for the highest grade service in the area. Each time I've bought a home, I've researched the ISPs that service it and that also affected what the homes value was to me.
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"America First" is one of his biggest lies
Not really a lie, just needs to come with a history lesson. The America First Committee was a fascist political group. Once you know that then it makes a lot more sense.
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Blue collar workers overwhelmingly bought Reagans plastic coated flag-waving bullshit and started voting against their interests consistently. By the time Fox News and talk radio rolled around they were completely fucking brainwashed. Still are today.
I don’t see how calling them undereducated buffoons is an argument for or against whether the Democrats have alienated them either way.
And for the record, they were only too happy to vote for flag waving white Jesus over the future of themselves or the country. They alienated themselves.
Tell me again what the voter turnout percentage was?
The vast majority of us are so used to our voices not being heard that we don't even bother voting. It doesn't change anything.
You keep talking about how they voted "for" this and that, without even understanding that most people in the USA didn't vote for anything at all.
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Funds allocated throughout the years have NEVER actually gone to providing/increasing broadband in rural areas.
Never say never. There are actually several areas where I've seen fiber build out from government grants.
That said, they are EXCEPTIONALLY rare and typically scumbag ISPs pocket the money with no consequences, since nobody who writes these laws sets up consequences for failing to deliver.
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Yeah but does Iran have nukes? Checkmate!
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Tell me again what the voter turnout percentage was?
The vast majority of us are so used to our voices not being heard that we don't even bother voting. It doesn't change anything.
You keep talking about how they voted "for" this and that, without even understanding that most people in the USA didn't vote for anything at all.
Sure, I'll do a simple web search for you.
It was 64%.
The most since 1908
So, the "most people in the USA didn't vote for anything" is incorrect. Most registered voters did (if you're including infants and the deceased, well that changes the math a little bit).And if you didn't vote, you get what you get. And what you get is chaos and incompetence. Excellent plan, non-voters.
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The funniest part is that it's his voters lol
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Hnnng, I'm so glad I don't have to pay for a static ip
They own half the state
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My grandparents lived in rural OK and had dial-up until 2018 when they finally were able to get a 2mbps DSL line. It really wasn’t much faster than the dial-up.
You mean it wasn't able to be saturated?
As slow as 2MBit/s is, relatively speaking, it's still magnitudes better than dial-up.
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"America First" is one of his biggest lies
Can't spell America without ME.
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You mean it wasn't able to be saturated?
As slow as 2MBit/s is, relatively speaking, it's still magnitudes better than dial-up.
Yes, I mean it never hit its rated speed. Also that many modern sites didn’t work any better than they did on the dialup anyway.
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Funds allocated throughout the years have NEVER actually gone to providing/increasing broadband in rural areas.
Not entirely, my ISP is a family owned regional cable company and they took the grant and have rolled out fiber across multiple counties.
I get what you're saying about the mega corps, yeah they just pocket a lot of the money. But the smaller ISPs are being smart and investing in their infrastructure to be able to complete.
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The funniest part is that it's his voters lol
The news will probably never reach them.
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What's an average Internet connection like in the USA? How many megs down?
I pay $60/mo for 1100 down, 50 up with Verizon.
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I'm confused. The article is talking about "BEAD" which wasn't passed until 2021. You must be talking about a different program.
Yea he is, but it's probably the same telecom handout bullshit like the other program.
Trump is a piece of shit, but every program he cuts is not necessarily wrong. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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Yeah but does Iran have nukes? Checkmate!
I DoN’t CaRe wHaT yOu sAy. NiRaN MoST DefFiNiTeLY PRoBAblY HaS NUkEs!
