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White House announces $40 billion in broadband funding
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We did this though, in the early '00s. Look up "dark fiber". The infrastructure is there, but everyone refused to use or maintain it.
The next step would have been to make ISP a state provided utility, and in corpo-murica that's just tooo commie to accept.
We did that! Then we promptly undid it '\__(°~°)__/`