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Mr_Kittlesworth t1_iu47qu0 wrote

Reply to comment by Apolybus in Rural areas to get $759M in grants for high-speed internet by Vailhem

To be fair, prior funding was run through different programs and wasn’t for fiber.

Things are in a much different and more productive place now between the ARPA and Infrastructure Bill programs - this is actually going to be good.

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[deleted] t1_iu4901o wrote

Yeah Okay lol. Telecom companies wrote the book on this shit.

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Mr_Kittlesworth t1_iu4c1fp wrote

Have you actually looked at any of the new rules?

No one gets any money up front. States and localities are involved and have the ability to submit their own plans. The government isn’t allowed to discriminate against coops or munis

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zazz1337 t1_iu4v39l wrote

Thanks for this, seems like the immediate reaction to everything now is negativity and mistrust lol. Might help to look i to the actual grant specificities and how it might play out first.

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