That was an illegal move done by Trump. Biden administration proposed regulations for the conditions of the funding and allow states to apply for it. The regulations went through the necessary process to become final and the states went through the work to fulfill the requirements and the fundings were approved to go out of the door based on the trenches.
Trump administration illegally impounded the funding. This has been disallowed for decades but sadly the republican political appointees at the supreme court is allowing him.
It doesn’t even matter, does it. It seems the democrats made a plan spanning multiple elections due to it being loaded with regulations and now Starlink can better serve rural areas at a fraction of the cost (for american taxpayers). Also the planned deployment was 2026 at the earliest?
I think you have your policy preferences and you have the idea that if starlink was allowed, it would magically take much less time to go through regulation process. I think this is not true, but I think we digress.
My point is that democrats don’t get credit and votes for improving internet for rural areas and republicans don’t get punished for destroying progress. The fact that you are criticizing democrats so harsh and think trump breaking the laws doesn’t matter just prove my points.
They don’t have to take that long. Seriously, when you build years and years of government reviews and challenges and approvals into the process of awarding funds you have only yourself to blame when the government works for four years and accomplishes nothing. Meanwhile a Starlink, a private company, just starts doing the work. They’ve spent 10 billion dollars of their own money and built a service that is hands down the best internet service available in any rural area of America. They expect to have 11 billion in revenue this year, just 6 years after the service first became available to paying customers.
Trump administration illegally impounded the funding. This has been disallowed for decades but sadly the republican political appointees at the supreme court is allowing him.