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[-] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And in the late 2000's. And again a few years later. And as of last year they, the FCC is once again throwing money at them without any real oversight. I worked for a ISP in 2010 and we couldn't get any of the money because a bank had first lean on the company USDA demanded that before any money could be approved. AT&T got money for our area and their footprint shrank the next year when they cut off dial-up customers in the area.

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