There is that as well. The end result to the potential rural subscriber is no service either way, at least if they deny frontier the money there won't be a 100% chance they're just flushing the money down the toilet.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 12:03 PM James Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Historical anecdotal evidence seems to indicate that they will get the > money, buy another company (or companies), declare bankruptcy again and > still there will be no FTTH in the areas they took the cash for……. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2020 11:33 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] SpaceX RDOF boondoggle? > > > > Is it better to fund Frontier FTTH and risk them being evil, incompetent > Frontier or better to leave rural WV unserved? It's easy to sit back in > our comfy chairs and say Frontier doesn't deserve that money, but then what > do we do after not giving it to them? > > On 12/16/2020 12:24 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: > > It should probably be a requirement that you aren't under bankruptcy > protection if you're going to be getting public money. Plus Frontier is > just generally incompetent, hence the bankruptcy. > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 10:58 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I saw the senator's complaint. I can't speak to Frontier's competency, > but Frontier threw their hat in the ring to voluntarily serve unprofitable > areas with government assistance. I'm betting the senator's complaint is > moot because nobody else wants that job. > > > > On 12/15/2020 12:50 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I forget who was complaining that SpaceX was getting RDOF money to serve > areas like universities and airports, but FreePress is complaining about > the same thing. > > > > Keep in mind this is FreePress, which likes criticizing Internet policy a > lot. Also winners still have to submit their long forms. > > > > > https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/insights-opinions/broadband-boondoggle-ajit-pais-886m-gift-elon-musk > > > > I also saw that a WV senator was objecting money to Frontier which she > said was not competent to deliver gigabit service in her state. > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > *Total Control Panel* > > Login <https://asp.reflexion.net/login?domain=litewire.net> > > To: [email protected] > <https://asp.reflexion.net/address-properties?aID=242260993&domain=litewire.net> > > From: [email protected] > > *You received this message because the domain afmug.com <http://afmug.com> > is on your allow list.* > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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