Let us know when you will stop supporting the party and people that hate America.
You have no idea what you are talking about as usual.
www.washingtontimes.comUm, he just told you that he directly benefited.You have no idea what you are talking about as usual.
Residents in rural America are eager to access high-speed internet under a $42.5 billion federal modernization program, but not a single home or business has been connected to new broadband networks nearly three years after President Biden signed the funding into law, and no project will break ground until sometime next year.
Lawmakers and internet companies blame the slow rollout on burdensome requirements for obtaining the funds, including climate change mandates, preferences for hiring union workers and the requirement that eligible companies prioritize the employment of “justice-impacted” people with criminal records to install broadband equipment.
The Commerce Department, which is distributing the funds under the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, is also attempting to regulate consumer rates, lawmakers say. This puts them at odds with internet providers and congressional Republicans, who say the law prohibits such regulation.
The slow pace of funding allocation and compliance will push the project start dates for modernizing rural internet access to 2025 and 2026, according to a timeline officials outlined in a House budget hearing.
Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr said the program’s goal of providing high-speed internet to most underserved areas will not be fully realized until 2030, nine years after its enactment.
...Alan Davidson, who runs the program as head of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, praised the pace of the BEAD program. He told lawmakers in May that the first two years were consumed by “planning and preparation.”
Mr. Davidson said 2024 “is a year of execution — the year for which we’ve been planning.”
States and territories approved for funding, he said, “will be embarking on the challenge and subgrantee selection processes that will fund providers to build networks.”
On May 15, Mr. Davidson told Congress that the program “is really a 2025, 2026 shovels-in-the-ground project.”Americans still waiting on Biden broadband plan; rural high-speed internet stuck in Dems’ red tape
Residents in rural America are eager to access high-speed internet under a $42.5 billion federal modernization program, but not a single home or business has been connected to new broadband networks nearly three years after President Biden signed the funding into law, and no project will break...
And? Your ranting in your previous post is meaningless. This country is miles behind the rest of the developed world with regards to high speed internet due primarily to the stupidity of the Republican Party.He was probably thinking of this program:
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a federal benefit program designed to make broadband affordable for needing households. The ACP is a long-term program funded at $14.2 billion and replaces the expired Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. Under the ACP, there is a $30 discount per month per eligible household. A household is eligible if it meets the follow program eligibility criteria:
The household income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
Participation in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Federal Public Housing Assistance, SSI, WIC, or Lifeline.
Participation in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision.
Receiving a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year.
Meeting the eligibility criteria for a participating provider’s existing low-income internet program.
Affordable Connectivity Program - Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority
Our Services | The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority network is an all figure network which provides both SONET and Native Ethernet services.esvba.com
I confused the 2 programs...sue me. Blind squirrels and nuts.He was probably thinking of this program:
The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is a federal benefit program designed to make broadband affordable for needing households. The ACP is a long-term program funded at $14.2 billion and replaces the expired Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. Under the ACP, there is a $30 discount per month per eligible household. A household is eligible if it meets the follow program eligibility criteria:
The household income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
Participation in certain assistance programs, such as SNAP, Medicaid, Federal Public Housing Assistance, SSI, WIC, or Lifeline.
Participation in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program, including through the USDA Community Eligibility Provision.
Receiving a Federal Pell Grant during the current award year.
Meeting the eligibility criteria for a participating provider’s existing low-income internet program.
Affordable Connectivity Program - Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority
Our Services | The Eastern Shore of Virginia Broadband Authority network is an all figure network which provides both SONET and Native Ethernet services.esvba.com
And you live in such a bubble that you resort to calling anyone a troll you disagree with.
Maybe you should double check before you reflexively call someone a liar.
Maybe you can post less lies? I mean, at least try a little bit?
To be fair, you post an awful lot of things that are completely false. So we do sort of assume something you post is false as the default setting.
OMG! That is funny as hell!
Says the guy who can't ever point out the supposed lies. How convenient.
They spent 42 billion and nobody has gotten anything from the plan in 976 days. It sounds very inefficient.
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