The funding under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program is authorized by the $1 trillion 2021 infrastructure law US President Joe Biden championed
I’ll believe it when I see it. They have been promising high speed internet for over a decade here, yet my only options are still 7 meg DSL and satellite.
This exactly. I don’t want to seem pessimistic, but there have been BILLIONS given to ISPs to ensure internet infrastructure implementation. The only thing that has occurred consistently is ISP CEO’s have gotten pay raises and bonuses.
I know this feels like mockery from a person with GPON to the door, but people like you still existing may be the reason the Web hasn’t gone completely apeshit in bandwidth usage.
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I’ll believe it when I see it. They have been promising high speed internet for over a decade here, yet my only options are still 7 meg DSL and satellite.
This exactly. I don’t want to seem pessimistic, but there have been BILLIONS given to ISPs to ensure internet infrastructure implementation. The only thing that has occurred consistently is ISP CEO’s have gotten pay raises and bonuses.
They’ll use this money to get your 7mbps connection reclassified as high speed broadband.
I know this feels like mockery from a person with GPON to the door, but people like you still existing may be the reason the Web hasn’t gone completely apeshit in bandwidth usage.