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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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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

But he is, he has both US and Canadian citizenship in addition to S. African.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

He cheated after coming here illegally. Then did a bunch of sex crimes and destroyed american jobs. No. Sorry but illegal immigrants to the torture prison.

I don't make the rules; i just write fanfic about them being enforced evenly.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That doesn't change the fact that he's an American citizen. That's what I was correcting.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Oh, so the government doesn't kidnap or murder citizens now?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how that's relevant. The OP claimed he wasn't a citizen, I corrected that.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

No, said it was foreign or internatuonal or something.

Which it is.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 32 minutes ago (1 children)

International implies he's not a citizen, which he is.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 30 minutes ago

No it does not. It implies activity in and from ither places as well as this one. Which it is.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

As an American, I do not claim him.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

That's fine, but he's still a US citizen according to the law.