When the federal government wanted to put a huge amount of money into high-speed internet access for all Americans, they first chose satellite-based Starlink to do it, but then as you know withdrew that decision. They chose instead to lay fiber optic cable.
But three years later, this video says "not a single project is underway." In spite of all that money pushed toward this goal, no one has been connected yet.
Why? "Government officials are obsessed with giving broadband to the right people. Any company that wants funds to build broadband has to hire certain people." Companies that could do the work are so bound with restrictions that they walk away from the opportunity.
Who are the "right people?" DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) policies will define that, and they're all over the government. Allowing government to pick the "right" people, "certain" people, is inherently dangerous. We shouldn't be doing that. And it's just one reason why the government is bad at building things (the point of the video).
(cont'd tomorrow)
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