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Karl Bode
karlbode.com
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Basically Musk hijacked billions of taxpayer dollars that was supposed to go to affordable fiber optic broadband, and instead gave it to himself for slower, more congested satellite broadband he had ALREADY PLANNED TO DEPLOY anyway
My June piece in The Verge, if you missed it:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/953944/bead-broadband-funding-trump-musk-bezos?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6Im02SUxkaTFvUXIiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS85NTM5NDQvYmVhZC1icm9hZGJhbmQtZnVuZGluZy10cnVtcC1tdXNrLWJlem9zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg4MTAzMDQzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODc2NzEwNDN9.mluFsUi68yCsPaA7QImCn41ZyPJ8va_y9S3wD7rLm0M&utm_medium=gift-link
2026-08-25T15:17:49.165Z