Can’t say I’m upset about cutting taxpayer funded services to rural America though. I’m sick of subsidizing them. Let them pay starlink or whatever with their own money for all I care.
It's exactly what you voted for, cut the surprised and angry faces.I thought we were supposed to CUT spending through efficiency...
....not DIVERT it efficiently into someone else's pockets. 🤬
I thought we were supposed to CUT spending through efficiency...
....not DIVERT it efficiently into someone else's pockets. 🤬
I keep seeing this thread pop up and I keep thinking of the adorable doge or dogecoin.
I work for a a private ISP, no shareholders. My nephew in law thinks he NEEDS 50M upload to stream to Twitch or he cannot work. LOL. I have ran sessions on his modem, he needs less than ten. My company is trying to bring D4.0 and symmetrical DOCSIS to rural people. But we are a cable co, not eligible for the CHIPS act, where the Telco is, and ran almost fiber to the home. Except as far as we reach. They only wanted the businesses.Can’t say I’m upset about cutting taxpayer funded services to rural America though. I’m sick of subsidizing them. Let them pay starlink or whatever with their own money for all I care.
Work from home is very smart. It cuts down on fossil fuel use, reduces traffic accidents and reduces worker stress levels, benefiting healthcare costs.From a couple of weeks ago they were also looking at ending remote work for civil servants in the hopes that it would drive a number of folks to quit.
I remember when we first started spending billions on rural broadband....back in the 1990s! Here we are now 30 years later still dumping billions into it.Can’t say I’m upset about cutting taxpayer funded services to rural America though. I’m sick of subsidizing them. Let them pay starlink or whatever with their own money for all I care.
No shit. Delivering infrastructure services to far flung communities and homes is expensive. The same happens in sprawling suburbs: more expensive services and infrastructure per capita.I remember when we first started spending billions on rural broadband....back in the 1990s! Here we are now 30 years later still dumping billions into it.
Maybe satellite makes sense.No shit. Delivering infrastructure services to far flung communities and homes is expensive. The same happens in sprawling suburbs: more expensive services and infrastructure per capita.
It doesn't help that the government did not hold ISPs feet to the fire when it came to fulfilling their obligations. For the money we've spent, we should have probably had a national fiber network at this pointNo shit. Delivering infrastructure services to far flung communities and homes is expensive. The same happens in sprawling suburbs: more expensive services and infrastructure per capita.
Yes, oversight has been a problem. But Republicans like that part: it allows their buddies to get away with doing shoddy work with little pushback from the government.It doesn't help that the government did not hold ISPs feet to the fire when it came to fulfilling their obligations. For the money we've spent, we should have probably had a national fiber network at this point
And everyone of us has been paying for it with extra charges (fees, taxes) supposedly dedicated to that purpose. Someone's been pocketing it from the absolute lack of progress that I've seen. Two miles from me, you still have to get a satellite, 20 miles as a crow flies lies Seattle.No shit. Delivering infrastructure services to far flung communities and homes is expensive. The same happens in sprawling suburbs: more expensive services and infrastructure per capita.
Well, according to Trump, they are a bunch of losers, too stupid to just take care of themselves and not worry about the country.lmao at the we have to vote for Trump so that vets are taken care of instead of immigrants people
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Are you are talking about illegal aliens 👽... or Democrats? 😉Well, according to Trump, they are a bunch of losers, too stupid to just take care of themselves and not worry about the country.
While I don't doubt this, I do doubt we eliminate the VA; unless they mean privatize VAHC.lmao at the we have to vote for Trump so that vets are taken care of instead of immigrants people
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lmao at the we have to vote for Trump so that vets are taken care of instead of immigrants people
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No I'm talking about our future liar, fraudster, criminal, sexual assaulter in Chief.Are you are talking about illegal aliens 👽... or Democrats? 😉
What, you CAN'T find 2 Trillion to save!?! Maybe you might find half that!?!
Who woulda thunk it? More back tracking on election promises by the new administration before they even start.
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Elon Musk says DOGE probably won't find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts
Musk previously said his Department of Government Efficiency would be able to recommend cuts to the federal budget of “at least $2 trillion.”www.nbcnews.com
Except DOGE isn't going to try and find corruption and wasteful spending. All they're really going to do is recommend that a bunch of programs the conservatives don't like to be killed, irrespective of how efficient or worthy those programs are. That and alter government spending so as much as possible flows into the pockets of Musk, Vivek, and other Trump crony billionaires.He does go on to say they can try to aim for half of that, which is still a substantial figure.
I'm not expecting them to deliver on their promises, but it will be fun exposing all of the government waste. Sometimes an endeavor like this isn't designed necessarily to deliver results, but to generate enough public outcry and political capital for change down the line. We'll see.
Except DOGE isn't going to try and find corruption and wasteful spending. All they're really going to do is recommend that a bunch of programs the conservatives don't like to be killed, irrespective of how efficient or worthy those programs are. That and alter government spending so as much as possible flows into the pockets of Musk, Vivek, and other Trump crony billionaires.