Posted on 07/26/2024 2:12:26 PM PDT by george76
Vice President Kamala Harris, who was tapped to lead the administration’s rural broadband expansion, failed to connect one person with high-speed internet despite having $42.5 billion from the so-called infrastructure bill.
During his 2021 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden tapped Vice President Harris to lead the effort “because I know it will get done.”
Now, in 2024, it appears that the Biden-Harris admin has made little progress getting Americans connected to high-speed internet.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commission Brendan Carr noted in June that Biden and Harris did not connect one American despite having access to $42.5 billion in funding from the so-called infrastructure bill, or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Carr noted on Wednesday, “President Biden put VP Harris in charge of this effort back in 2021 and days later not 1 person has been connected.”
Hundreds of broadband infrastructure builders are now sounding the alarm, writing that the $42 billion plan to expand Internet has been wired to fail.”
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Carr in June contended that much of the Biden administration’s failure to expand broadband is to its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals.
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All of this threatens to leave rural communities behind.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Thanks for the additional info, I was curious.
Wow, that is crazy they did not extend that to you also.
I wonder if they would extend it to you if you tried to sign up, or maybe several neighbors past you all asking at the same time?
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Oh, I just realized you probably answered my “wonder” already, with “When I would call them they would just say there were no current plans to extend the fiber.”
Refusing over 1/4 mile, jerks.
They would have extended if I would hve paid for it. Which is why I doubt that they installed all the new fiber throughout the county without getting paid by anyone but Uncle Sugar.
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