Large ISP’s have been happily accepting government funding for “rural broadband” expansion for about the last 12 years and it has hardly made a dent. What they did instead was use that money to buy small, already established ISP’s in rural areas. Then they’d turn around and say “look at our rural footprint and how much it’s grown!”
It’s all a racket and they haven’t helped nearly as many people as they’ve presented like they have.
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Large ISP’s have been happily accepting government funding for “rural broadband” expansion for about the last 12 years and it has hardly made a dent. What they did instead was use that money to buy small, already established ISP’s in rural areas. Then they’d turn around and say “look at our rural footprint and how much it’s grown!”
It’s all a racket and they haven’t helped nearly as many people as they’ve presented like they have.