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| Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill |
| 2021-05-12 |
| [FoxBusinessNews] Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic. The $3.2 billion program is part of the $900 billion December pandemic-relief package. The government is increasing spending on broadband as the pandemic made stark that millions of Americans did not have access to, and could not afford, broadband at a time when jobs, school and health care was moving online. It's unclear how long the money will last but it's expected to be several months. Tens of millions of people are eligible, although the Federal Communications Commission, which is administering the program, did not specify a number. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Sounds like the carriers last desperate attempt to head Musk, SpaceX and StarLink off at the pass before StarLink goes live (not beta) in a few months. Currently it's around 1500 sats but only 800 are yet in proper orbits and the shells that need to be installed over the poles don't get loaded until a bunch of launches from Vandy that also require a landing barge - not yet built in the southland nor transited the Panama Canal. Last chance before Musk owns the whole world's non-big-city Internet. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2021-05-12 18:05 |
| #5 swksvff, But the blankets are full of smallpox... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-05-12 17:41 |
| #4 I was recently offered a discount, 10% IIRC, on my health insurance if I shopped back at the Federal Trading Post. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-05-12 14:07 |
| #3 That would increase my satellite data from 10 to 17 GB per month. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-05-12 10:28 |
| #2 You just *know* that this will become an entitlement which will drive up the cost of us who actually *pay* for our broadband. Does the program include build in censorship and fact-checkers? Wouldn't want the rubes to get infiltered news now would we? And don't forget that the government *loves* to control what it pays for. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-05-12 09:46 |
| #1 Pay off the rubes with crumbs so they don't complain about the huge payoff to the Left. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2021-05-12 09:38 |