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Texas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants

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Texas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants

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Technology@beehaw.org · 4 days ago

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Back in June I wrote a feature for The Verge about how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos had convinced Republicans to redirect billions in taxpayer money away from future-proof fiber optic upgrades, and tow…

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How many times have the taxpayers paid for broadband that will never come?
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  2x here. It did come finally just this year.

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