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minus-squareVanth@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah, billion$ that got bogged down by state level politics, telecomm company resistance, and lack of Democratic party backbone. I don’t know how much momentum was even left to get DOGE’d.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThat sucks… I mean, it’s a huge logistical feat. But it’s not like nothing’s been done on the same scale before. The people have roads, they have landline, I don’t see why they can’t have fiberoptics.
Yeah, billion$ that got bogged down by state level politics, telecomm company resistance, and lack of Democratic party backbone.
I don’t know how much momentum was even left to get DOGE’d.
That sucks…
I mean, it’s a huge logistical feat. But it’s not like nothing’s been done on the same scale before. The people have roads, they have landline, I don’t see why they can’t have fiberoptics.