The proposal comes after Republicans killed a federal FCC program that provided a $30 discount off the broadband bills of low-income Americans. The Republicans in question claimed they killed the popular program to save money, but a follow up study showed that the program more than paid for itself (by a factor of four) because it helped expand access to remote healthcare, employment, and education.

My state fighting a good fight. We’re flawed, but we sometimes get it right.

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    10 hours ago

    they took so long to give us fiber and charged us hella for slow speeds on it after california heavily subsidized it

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      10 hours ago

      F them theyll just increase everyones costs if this happens theyll end up profitting more than ever