100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
&gt; The funding is going to a mix of cable, fiber, and fixed wireless providers, plus SpaceX&#x27;s Starlink satellite network.<p>I think cable providers should be left out. They were already gifted many billions of dollars in the past for this same basic purpose but they pocketed the money.  They can just use the free money they&#x27;ve already been given.  Instead, the funding should go to existing munipical fiber ISPs to expand their coverage.  Give money to people with a proven track record of doing what you want, not people with a proven track record of keeping the money for themselves.<p>I&#x27;m on municipal fiber and it&#x27;s <i>amazing</i>.