There is no reason for build funding now that satellite is there at the level it is. Leave a couple million for chainsaws and call it a day, give the taxpayers their money back
On Wed, Mar 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM <tpa...@ecpi.com> wrote: > If the new language says that the state has to be “technology-neutral,” > and also that the state has to select the lowest-cost projects, which I > thought was selecting criteria, too. I would think more FWA projects will > do well. > > We shall see. > > > > Thanks, > > Tushar > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 5, 2025 3:25 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] BEAD Fiber projects gone? > > > > Unless they find a way to strongarm the states to give it all to Elon, I’m > not sure this is a huge change. I would expect states to still prefer > fiber if they got enough BEAD money to do it everywhere, or otherwise to > lower the cost point at which they use FWA or satellite until they have > enough money to go around. Seems like this is the way things were going > anyway. I mean, if you’re a state and the feds gave you $1 billion to > spend, wouldn’t you spend most of it on fiber except where fiber is really > really difficult or expensive? Unless there is pressure to get it done in > 5 months instead of 5 years. > > > > I would be shocked, shocked if all (or even most) fiber projects were gone. > > > > What I’d worry more about is that the money goes to satellite in > preference to FWA. Seems like BEAD money to FWA would build > infrastructure, while the way BEAD would subsidize satellite like Starlink > would be to cover part of the monthly cost for X many years, in other words > not a long term solution. Even if they found a way to fund launching new > satellites, they only last 5 years and have to be replaced. > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *tpa...@ecpi.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 5, 2025 3:12 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] BEAD Fiber projects gone? > > > > > https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/commerce-to-overhaul-internet-for-all-plan-expanding-starlink-funding-prospects-74664efc#comments_sector > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > [image: WB_Logo] > > Tushar Patel > > tpa...@ecpi.com > > www.westernbroadband.com > > (512) 257-2733 > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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