{"id":7946,"date":"2022-06-20T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/?p=7946"},"modified":"2022-06-20T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:47:17","slug":"pirate-news-broadband-billions-boondoggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/20\/pirate-news-broadband-billions-boondoggle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate News: Broadband Billions Boondoggle!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy day after Juneteenth! Joe, Steve and James discuss the billions in subsidies the federal government gave to corporate ISPs to build out broadband and how little we received from it. We also discuss what is going on with the Pirate Party and this week&#8217;s news from a Pirate perspective. <a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/event\/info?reset=1&amp;id=76\">March for Trans Resistance with us on Saturday, June 25th<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ODO7ZB-Z_qA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/worcester\/2022\/06\/worcester-city-council-votes-to-support-police-drone-after-months-of-debate-about-infringing-on-civil-liberties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Worcester City Council votes to support police drone after months of debate about infringing on civil liberties<\/a>; <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/worcester\/2022\/06\/worcester-acting-city-manager-eric-batista-says-he-wont-move-forward-with-police-drone-if-city-council-public-doesnt-want-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">Worcester Acting City Manager Eric Batista says he won\u2019t move forward with police drone if city council, public doesn\u2019t want it<\/a>; <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/2022\/06\/17\/we-just-keep-throwing-billions-at-telecom-monopolies-in-exchange-for-half-completed-shitty-broadband-networks\/\" target=\"_blank\">We Just Keep Throwing Billions At Telecom Monopolies In Exchange For Half-Completed, Shitty Broadband Networks<\/a>; <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/rural-broadband-internet-fcc-11655300008?st=l37f8lsq8zr3ks2&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&amp;mc_cid=601e198119&amp;mc_eid=eb527a594e\" target=\"_blank\">Why Rural Americans Keep Waiting for Fast Internet, Despite Billions Spent<\/a>;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2020\/11\/verizon-wiring-up-500k-homes-with-fios-to-settle-years-long-fight-with-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\">Verizon wiring up 500K homes with FiOS to settle years-long fight with NYC<\/a>; <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/about\/leadership\" target=\"_blank\">FCC Leadership<\/a>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/masspirates.org\/crew\/civicrm\/profile\/create?gid=16&amp;reset=1\">Sign up to our newsletter to get notified of new events<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy day after Juneteenth! 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