The US government’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program faces a significant shift. Originally set to prioritize fiber Internet networks, the program may now fund Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite Internet. This change could strand rural Americans with inferior Internet access. Evan Feinman, former director of BEAD, warned that this move might enrich Musk at the expense of rural connectivity. Feinman’s term ended abruptly, and he expressed disappointment over not seeing the project through. The exact extent of the shift from fiber to satellite remains unclear, but any change could negatively impact rural and small-town America. Feinman highlighted the risk of ill-considered changes leading to detrimental outcomes for broadband access in these areas.
John Stossel
@JohnStossel
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Dec 26, 2024 Government authorized $65B to expand broadband.
3 years later, not a SINGLE person has been connected.
Here’s why government fails, again and again, to build things:
Craig Silverman
@CraigSilverman
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Mar 16 BREAKING: The head of the $42 billion BEAD program to bring broadband internet to rural and unserved areas has left the Commerce Dept.
He sent a departing email warning of “deeply negative outcomes” for people if the Trump admin shifts $ from fiber internet to Musk’s Starlink:
boaz weinstein
@boazweinstein
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Mar 11 Adding injury to injury.
Baillie Gifford Funds Suffer Up to 19% Losses Amid US Tech Rout
Tell me again grandpa how well they did for a time under different leadership and when rates were 0%.
@BaillieGifford
Neil Edwards
@njedwards19651
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1h 8/ And if renewables tank during low wind or high demand? No Onslow, no buffer—grid collapse in a minute. Your NZ$2 billion BlackRock fund (ACC/KiwiSaver) skims NZ$30–40 million/year for “green” projects—still untraced—while industry skates and you get the landfill.
8/13
Max Twang
@kmh
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Mar 16 The head of the $42 billion federal BEAD program that aims to bring broadband internet to rural and unserved areas has left the Commerce Dept.
He sent a departing email warning of “deeply negative outcomes” for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Starlink.
George L Peters Jr
@mobtowngeorge
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Mar 16 So the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program spent $42.5 billion but has yet to connect a single US household? WTF did
@EFeinman
and his staff do with all that money!? But yeah, we should tottaly listen too what this guy thinks.
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