“…The federal internet subsidy to the local telecom amounts to about $14,000 a year per person. And, it turns out, there’s zero indication any of these people are benefiting from it.” www.adn.com/business-eco...
On nearly deserted Adak Island, you pay to keep hundreds of buildings wired for internet
U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on the Alaska island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.
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