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Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents (arstechnica.com)
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Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million.

Starlink is poised to benefit from the Trump administration rewriting rules for the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) grant program. While the Biden administration decided that states should prioritize fiber in order to build more future-proof networks, the Trump administration ordered states to revise their plans with a "tech-neutral approach" and lower the average cost of serving each location.

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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 28 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Capitalism breeds innovation and advancement, folks!

Also didn't Rupert Murdoch also stifle fiber adoption in Australia because better internet would cut into his TV and print empire there?

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Why is it always this same recurring cast of 100 same rotating cunts over and over ? If we get rid of them, can we at least have fresh new cunts, this batch is extremely stale, LUIGI !!!!

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[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

I was reading a (non-fiction) book about Gallipoli, a battle that was fought in Turkey in 1915-16 during WWI. At one point, an Australian journalist by the name of "Keith Murdoch" shows up and starts contributing to the Allies' failures and eventual withdrawal. And I was like "wait, is that?" and the answer was "yep". Keith Murdoch was born in 1885 and was Rupert Murdoch's (full name Keith Rupert Murdoch) father. Aside from helping to fuck up Gallipoli, Papa Murdoch led a smear campaign against Australia's greatest WWI general (who just happened to be Jewish) and got him removed from command. The Murdoch name has been a stain on humanity for a long time.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Kinda. Murdoch killed the NBN because Foxtel was not in a position to compete with fibre.