Trump administration poised to ‘strand rural America with worse internet’ to help Musk, official warns
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6VZQ9)
US official urges stop to plan to re-evaluate Biden program to connect communities to high-speed internet, which will likely benefit Starlink
Small town USA is facing a significant risk" that the Trump administration is going to abandon key elements of a $42.45bn Biden-era plan to connect rural communities to high-speed internet so that Elon Musk can get even richer, a top departing commerce department official warned in an email.
Evan Feinman, who headed up the so-called Bead program for the last three years, urged governors across the country to lobby their congressional delations in Washington to stop the Trump administration from implementing plans he said could have deeply negative outcomes" for American homes and businesses.
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