The Trump administration is telling states they will be shut out of a $42 billion broadband deployment fund if they set the rates that Internet service providers receiving subsidies are allowed to charge people with low incomes.

The latest version of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) FAQ on the grant program, released today, is a challenge to states considering laws that would force Internet providers to offer cheap plans to people who meet income eligibility guidelines. One state already has such a law: New York requires ISPs with over 20,000 customers in the state to offer $15 broadband plans with download speeds of at least 25Mbps, or $20-per-month service with 200Mbps speeds.

    • Auli@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      Who’s a genocider? Why isn’t anyone calling Trump that but they call kamilla that. When she was never in power. Vice president doesn’t really do anything.

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        19 hours ago

        Because it’s too depressing to them to admit both “sides” we have are equally against the will of the people and 100% OWNED by the ultra-rich who OWN - in the most literal sense - the country at this point. We - as in the people being a nation represented in government - fucking LOST.

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      16 hours ago

      Both options were supporting a genocide-er unless I missed the news that Trump stopped it like he promised