Summary
Elon Musk, co-leading Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” could influence U.S. broadband funding to benefit Starlink, his satellite internet company.
The Biden administration’s $42.45 billion BEAD program prioritizes fiber optics for rural broadband, but Starlink has been excluded for failing to meet performance standards.
Musk has criticized the program as wasteful and could push for funding delays or reallocation, benefiting Starlink as the only option in underserved areas.
Critics warn this shift favors Musk’s financial interests over reliable fiber infrastructure, raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
Noooo… really?
Could?
*will
This just in… Water is wet!
“I’ve investigated and my companies are the most efficient!”
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You can bet that on day one he’ll claim NASA is less efficient than SpaceX, and therefore their budget should be directed to his company instead.
Well of course. As that was always the plan.
That would be such an unexpected plot twist! (No)
Wadya mean ‘could’?
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Seriously. Is anybody surprised by these headlines?
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Beep boop:
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What a weird way to spell “will” I mean they missed every letter, “could” some editor must be real embarrassed.
It’s just their way of writing on something while avoiding a libel case against them.
“Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.”
- James Connolly
he literally invested 44 billion for this
One might wonder where the 44 billion came from in the first place.
The Biden administration’s $42.45 billion BEAD program prioritizes fiber optics for rural broadband, but Starlink has been excluded for failing to meet performance standards.
This is a wild misrepresentation of what happened with starlknk and the broadband funding.
SpaceX won the deal where the metrics were ABC by year 2025 ( I think 2025 but maybe later)
In year 2022 or something like that, they did some tests, it wasn’t at 2025 goals, and were like nah, you aren’t gonna make it and revoked it.
No one else had that done to them. It’s not like the fiber companies had laid their fiber yet to all the areas and they said oh you haven’t done it all yet? Finding pulled!
I don’t even know if a single house had been connected to fiber yet from that funding, while starlink had connected many thousands and was improving.
NO WAY
