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Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million.

Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should prioritize fiber in order to build more future-proof networks, the Trump administration ordered states to revise their plans with a "tech-neutral approach" and lower the average cost of serving each location.

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[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 78 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I will string together old coathangers and twisted, unheated solder before I use starlink.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If you figure out the right protocol you could probably catapult a series of twisted pears from house to house.

The way the internet is going, bashed and bruised fruit salad sounds preferable to the actual data anyway.

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 27 points 2 days ago

Owh hell no! Just rollout fiber ASAP.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Does fiber go down when it rains?

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[–] dan69@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why do we need to have debate with lobbyists and groups of that nature.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They have more $ than you and i, can buy their ways. How that shits not illegal is fucked. Guess it goes with insider trading for Congress, make laws for/against companies you're invested in. USA is beyond rotten and corrupt from the inside. Blatant bribery with Tim cook delivering gold bars to the white house himself.

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But they pose no comparison to requirements of what the city or community’s needs. Satellite is slower and pales in comparison to fiber.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

But money, you think they care? As long as there is money, your needs mean fuck all.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

Federal. Money should go to the poor. Elon musk can fuck off.

[–] thatcrow@ttrpg.network 24 points 2 days ago

Keep in mind, the cost of businesses to control politics is woven directly into the prices of their products and services.

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Capitalism is truly wonderful

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Capitalism, is in fact, Fascism, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Government with Benefits.

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 15 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Fascism is just capitalism on speed

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