President Biden touted his massive $42B Broadband ‘Equity’ plan in 2021. Since then not a single American has been connected to the internet under the plan.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration has been critical of Elon Musk and his Starlink project, and they did cancel a $900 million deal that would have allowed Starlink to service rural areas. There is some talk Biden might ask Elon to get involved because the $42 billion “Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program” has been a bit of a slow burner.
Despite the grand announcement and allocation of funds back in 2021, it appears that not a single person has been connected to high-speed internet as a direct result of this program.
As the Biden Administration moves slower than a dial-up modern loading a photograph broadband providers are backing away from the heavy handed government regulations.
In 2021, the Biden Administration got $42.45 billion from Congress to deploy high-speed Internet to millions of Americans.
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) June 14, 2024
Years later, it has not connected even 1 person with those funds. In fact, it now says that no construction projects will even start until 2025 at earliest.
Mostly, the $42.45B is just sitting there. Not even one shovel's worth of dirt has been turned.
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) June 14, 2024
And the Biden Administration's policy cuts make clear that we're barreling toward a broadband blunder. Rate regulation, thumb on the scale for government run networks, technology…