Conservatives should shut down Congress’ ‘middle-mile’ madness | Opinion
to convince any county government to sign on as a last-mile provider. Kentucky taxpayers are stuck paying for a vanity project that crisscrosses the state but connects almost none of its residents.how one consulting firm is trying to cash in on the middle-mile craze by convincing communities to give the firm lucrative network construction contracts — even though more than 95% of homes in those communities are already wired for broadband.
The bipartisan infrastructure bill, for example, committed $42 billion to build networks that directly reach unserved rural homes — the measuring stick both parties agree is the real end goal.Sixteen months later, though, that funding is still sitting at the Commerce Department, waiting to be distributed to state broadband offices. An additional $1 billion in grants for middle mile projects just went out the door last week.
If utilities want to compete fairly to offer middle-mile services or help connect unserved rural homes, more power to them — more competition is a good thing. But instead of competing fairly, utilities are instead stalking Capitol Hill hallways with their hands out, asking taxpayers to pick up the tab for unproductive projects with little to no public benefits.
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