Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”

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Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal” - Lemmy.World

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This will be just great for the Appalachian region J.D. Vance was playing up as his homeland.

They were using that program there: communitynetworks.org/…/connect-humanity-project-…

Connect Humanity Project Aims To Bring Broadband To Rural Appalachia | Welcome to Community Networks

Connect Humanity and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) have struck a new $7.9 million coalition partnership they say will help deliver affordable, next-generation broadband networks to more than 50 communities across 12 Appalachian states. ARC has already been awarded $6.3 million via its new Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) program, which aims to solve the connectivity crisis in a region that lags well behind the national average.

A child who has access to internet, might cut their hours at the coal mine.