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SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You miss my point. My original comment says as much, that the subsidies all went to big telecom, but it should have gone to local utility districts for local buildouts of fiber. I'm literally sending this message from my LUD-funded fiber that my state subsidized, and my ISP is a local company exclusive to my county's fiber network. It's fantastic, and what should be getting the funding instead of Comcast, Time Warner, and now SpaceX.

Most of the addresses my LUD serves are unincorporated, including mine. So, it actually is possible, if your state and county give enough of a shit.

[โ€“] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well you're absolutely right then, sorry for the confusion.

Nationalized fiber networks or locally managed municipal fiber has always been a winning proposition. I've heard so many success stories about those rollouts and the only opposition to them has come from big ISPs who are scared they'll be replaced (because they should be). Unfortunately, that's a really strong opposition... Those ISPs have so much money and so much power, they're managing to shift legislation, pass laws that make municipal fiber systems illegal (for the benefit of the consumers of course).