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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

(arstechnica.com)
1135 points carride | 2 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.511s | source
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zzzeek ◴[10 Aug 22 19:27 UTC] No.32417212[source]▶
> Jared Mauch is expanding with the help of $2.6 million in government money.

> Mauch told us he provides free 250Mbps service to a church that was previously having trouble with its Comcast service.

That's interesting, he's taking money from the government and giving free internet to a religious organization? Do all "churches" get free internet or just the ones he prefers? Taxpayers are OK subsidizing a specific church based on one person's personal whim???

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1. xupybd ◴[10 Aug 22 21:16 UTC] No.32418580[source]▶
He picked a charity to help and this is your response?

He won a government contract to with specific deliverables. I'm not sure how he would have any responsibilities beyond those deliverables.

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2. zzzeek ◴[11 Aug 22 13:08 UTC] No.32425041[source]▶
ah you're right, I had misinterpreted, thinking that he got a grant from the government for the public good, i missed that he just won a contract with them. my comment was based on my misconception that the government was subsidizing him as a public utility.

my comment is past the delete button so that's that.