The federal effort to expand internet access to every U.S. home has taken a major step forward with the announcement of $930 million in grants to shore up connections in dozens of places where significant connectivity gaps persist. Those places include remote parts of Alaska and rural Texas. The so-...
In the past, they dumped the money on the largest telecom companies and ask them to make internet faster, and the telecom companies pocket it/pass it off to shareholders and improve nothing.
Looking at the Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Programrecipients list, the very largest telecom companies are not listed, so maybe this time will be different.