FCC Gives ISP $8k to Deliver Broadband Five Feet from Apple's $5B Campus (techdirt.com) 11 points by TangerineDream 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] FridayoLeary 5y ago ↗ Government bureaucracy in action. [–] google234123 5y ago ↗ It's hard to avoid not wasting 8000$ when spending billions... [–] dharmab 5y ago ↗ 8000./9000000000. == 8.888888888888889e-07Scaled to a $150,000 salary, this would amount to a waste of 13 cents.
[–] google234123 5y ago ↗ It's hard to avoid not wasting 8000$ when spending billions... [–] dharmab 5y ago ↗ 8000./9000000000. == 8.888888888888889e-07Scaled to a $150,000 salary, this would amount to a waste of 13 cents.
[–] dharmab 5y ago ↗ 8000./9000000000. == 8.888888888888889e-07Scaled to a $150,000 salary, this would amount to a waste of 13 cents.
[–] LinuxBender 5y ago ↗ This is not specific to them. I am getting $6k back for each fiber connection I have connected, paid by the FCC. I don't know the name of the program.
[–] seasily 5y ago ↗ Journalists be like "oh no they gave money to big company" "oh no they gave money to small company without know-how" "oh no he's billionaire he should build Internets for free"TLDR: More or a whiny rant than anything resembling facts or data
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] threadScaled to a $150,000 salary, this would amount to a waste of 13 cents.
TLDR: More or a whiny rant than anything resembling facts or data