Under Obama, a program was started to give free cell phones to the less fortunate but it was managed by the cell phone companies entirely--no government oversight.
I am sure there was not wrongdoing there. I saw a woman interviewed who had managed to get 3 free cell phones (she was a reporter--had a job and her own phone) by filling in the required forms completely honestly.
If you want to make internet affordable, allow competition. Most cities or municipalities only allow one wired internet/media in their town. So typically, you have the choice between one cable company, the satellite providers, and maybe your phone company. If you let more companies compete for a wired network, that will surely drop prices. I remember when Google was bringing fiber networks to selected cities (at less than half the price of Comcast or Charter) the big cable companies suddenly started lowering their prices. But only where Google was coming to town. Elsewhere, they were still charging their exorbitant rates.
It is what they do. It is money laundering.
Under Obama, a program was started to give free cell phones to the less fortunate but it was managed by the cell phone companies entirely--no government oversight.
I am sure there was not wrongdoing there. I saw a woman interviewed who had managed to get 3 free cell phones (she was a reporter--had a job and her own phone) by filling in the required forms completely honestly.
If you want to make internet affordable, allow competition. Most cities or municipalities only allow one wired internet/media in their town. So typically, you have the choice between one cable company, the satellite providers, and maybe your phone company. If you let more companies compete for a wired network, that will surely drop prices. I remember when Google was bringing fiber networks to selected cities (at less than half the price of Comcast or Charter) the big cable companies suddenly started lowering their prices. But only where Google was coming to town. Elsewhere, they were still charging their exorbitant rates.
Best case, that'll be two 50Bn dollar network devices.
Realistically, it'll be a handful of million dollar network switches, billions for the telecom execs laundered back through to Congress.