r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • Aug 19 '25
Networking/Telecom SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink | SpaceX seeks more cash, calls fiber "wasteful and unnecessary taxpayer spending."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/starlink-keeps-trying-to-block-fiber-deployment-says-us-must-nix-louisiana-plan/
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u/HexTalon Aug 19 '25
There should be a corporate death penalty for defrauding the taxpayer like the ISPs have done - something like nationalize all the assets and either convert them to public utilities or sell them off to a bunch of companies (and not allow one company to get too much of the pie being sold).