Because not everyone can afford $600 for a Dishy. Not sure how they're going to afford the $120/mo afterwards, though...
On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's fine, but why fund satellite? It's already built, and people can > already buy it. The point is to get them something better. > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> on behalf of Steve Jones < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, March 21, 2025 11:40 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] BEAD > > they should not allow fixed wireless, they never should have allowed > technology with a short shelf life > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well.... > > https://bsky.app/profile/craigsilverman.bsky.social/post/3lkiye5n2dk2p > > https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/seq3uoU1L5 > > The director of BEAD quit. He says the previous rules interpreted the > bill to mean that only FTTH would meet the performance and future-proofing > requirements. He is claiming that there are proposed rule changes that > will allow Starlink but not allow fixed wireless. I don't know whether the > changes *intentionally* benefit Starlink, but this guy is crying foul and > felt strongly enough about it to resign over it. > > -Adam > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF on behalf of Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Thursday, March 20, 2025 12:19 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Subject:* [AFMUG] BEAD > > 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 >
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