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inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Trump kills rural broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”

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Trump kills rural broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”

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Trump move also takes grants away from veterans and people with disabilities.
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    In Canada, we just give them the money, they twiddle their thumbs for a few years then say they’re abandoning the project and keep the money. Then we wait a few years, and decide to give them more money for the same thing again.

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      They’ve already done that here once before in the US, too.

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        10 billion dollars to redefine 5g as 1/10th it’s original bandwidth and then not meet the standards of providing it anyway.

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          Heh, and here I thought it was just the 5g in my town that was wonky

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          Are you okay dude?

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        I believe they’re talking about our telecommunications? The topic of the entire thread?

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