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Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents (arstechnica.com)
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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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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 99 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Starlink is literally his plan to rule the world. If you singularly control access to the internet for everyone, you've won the information war... against everyone. The good news is his Nazi addict ass will likely die young from a chest-cavity attack.

[–] iglou@programming.dev 23 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Good luck having that shitty tech win over Europe, where fiber is proliferating particularly quickly. We all know satellite internet cannot come close to the speed and reliability of fiber.

Plus we hate Musk.

It's good for remote areas and at sea, it's shit everywhere else

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

I could not be more sincere when I say: help us Europe; you're our only hope.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

I thought he would just abandon his torso mech and a tiny body would come out.

[–] meaansel@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

L. Bob Rife in the making, lol

[–] RomeCallen@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I've been saying this for a while

He's trying to fkn create the Raft