Yeah we would’ve had it already too if the government didn’t get fleeced. It was about 2010 when the “National Broadband Plan” was unveiled. Part of its goal was 100Mbs to 100M people by 2020.
ISP received $200 Billion in subsidies and tax breaks to run nation wide fiber in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. They didn’t do it, kept the tax breaks, and the government didn’t care.
Yeah we would’ve had it already too if the government didn’t get fleeced. It was about 2010 when the “National Broadband Plan” was unveiled. Part of its goal was 100Mbs to 100M people by 2020.
ISP received $200 Billion in subsidies and tax breaks to run nation wide fiber in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. They didn’t do it, kept the tax breaks, and the government didn’t care.
https://newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm
Take a few billi off the top, route it back to policy makers through lobbyists, and you got a stew going 👌
Comcast is finally doing their part in WV.
There’s an absolutely massive fiber install happening statewide.