Comments on: FCC tightens rules for giving grants to broadband companies https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-tightens-rules-for-giving-grants-to-broadband-companies/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-tightens-rules-for-giving-grants-to-broadband-companies/#comment-1162159 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:43:37 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77706#comment-1162159 From the article:

The RDOF subsidies were announced under former FCC chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican who left office when President Biden became president.

There’s the problem. This is seen as a Republican program, specifically a Trump program, therefore orange man bad.

It also appears from the article that none of the other service providers is signing up highway medians (Internet of Things, anyone?) or grassy knolls — er — fields.

]]> By: William https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-tightens-rules-for-giving-grants-to-broadband-companies/#comment-1162055 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:49:38 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77706#comment-1162055 Starlink is providing service in most of rural America. How can the government deny them the incentives

]]> By: Andrew_W https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-tightens-rules-for-giving-grants-to-broadband-companies/#comment-1162010 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:20:48 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=77706#comment-1162010 So the problem is that the FCC wants the money spent on what it was intended for? Or is the problem that the subsidy exists – which you appear to blame Biden for, even though it predates his administration.

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