News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on “Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US. Parent comment

Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by late2part on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:39PM (#13942045)
According to some sensationalist stories I've read, it's only ~10X what we're spending to protect/transport President Trump on his weekend vacations.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by indolering on Thursday March 23, 2017 @04:30PM (#13943962)
What does this contribute to the conversation?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by Godel_unicode on Friday March 24, 2017 @12:18AM (#13946569)
Context. Reasoning about government budget-size numbers is difficult for most people.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by late2part on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:32PM (#13945612)
Someone said it's not a lot of money. Someone else said it was. I provided a relative reference. Not the most monumental - but my intention was to add perspective.
[ Parent | on HN ]