>You don't get money if the locations are serviceable. The definition of serviceable is highly debated here. Is 10/1 DSL serviced? Is 100/10 Starlink service? The guys in town get 900/40 Cable...
On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM Cameron Crum <cc...@murcevilo.com> wrote: > Starlink already claims almost every location in the fabric, so worst case > this is a push and nobody gets money. You don't get money if the locations > are serviceable. If anything this is a good thing for Wisps because it is > status-quo... unless you really wanted govt money I guess. > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> NY State subsidized satellite installs in their broadband program, but >> I’ll tell you most of the residents I spoke to considered it a cheap cop >> out. They could already get satellite if that was what they wanted. >> Covering the installation fee probably helps *someone*, but most people >> who could afford the monthly fee could have afforded the installation too. >> >> Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Darin Steffl < >> darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 20, 2025 12:26:12 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] BEAD >> >> I prefer this to be the last govt money spent on broadband. So get as >> much fiber built as possible for a reasonable cost per passing. And let FWA >> and starlink handle the rest. 100% of homes can be covered with this hybrid >> approach. Where fiber is affordable, build it. Otherwise use the more >> affordable options where fiber isn't feasible. None of this $10k to $200k >> per passing BS for fiber that likely never pays off. If someone truly lives >> that far off the grid, they shouldn't expect subsidized fiber builds when >> FWA or starlink will suffice. No one is stopping someone from building >> fiber to a high cost location but it shouldn't be subsidized. >> >> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 10:15 AM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> LOL >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 3/19/2025 9:19 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> I’m surprised BEAD hasn’t run into problems because the E stands for >> Equity and DEI is now banned. >> >> >> >> But if they eliminate the E, would it just be BAD? >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
-- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
