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Yet more spending on infrastructure that was already paid for decades ago and will likely never get lit up.
Edit: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5839394 for those who don't remember or are too young to remember. We've literally already paid this over 10 fold... They've weaseled their way out of all the requirements every time. This is why any "infrastructure" bill pertaining to internet (at the very least) is a joke. This is just the government writing a handout check to ISPs.