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  "description": "Union says fiber is more reliable and more of a job creator.",
  "path": "/ohio-cwa-dont-use-bead-money-to-fund-starlink/",
  "publishedAt": "2025-05-13T16:46:59.000Z",
  "site": "https://broadbandbreakfast.com",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, May 13, 2025 - Communications Workers of America in Ohio are speaking out against using federal dollars to subsidize satellite Internet providers like **Elon Musk’s** Starlink.\n\n\"Satellite Internet service is a terrible use of public funds,” said the CWA in their _signed petitions_ to Ohio Gov. **Mike DeWine**(R) last Wednesday.\n\nCommerce Secretary **Howard Lutnick** is planning to _make changes_ to the $42.45 Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, with some betting he will require states to spend less on fiber and more on satellite broadband to close the digital divide.\n\nThe CWA thinks shifting away from fiber puts union jobs at risk.\n\nCWA union workers are making their case for fiber. “[Satellite] does not provide the reliable speeds that communities will need,\" the petition said. CWA said “there are currently no union-represented satellite internet providers.”\n\nOhio State Rep. **Lauren McNally,** D-Ohio said at a _recent press conference_, “[Broadband is] not just a luxury, but a lifeline.” She called for “infrastructure that will connect the unconnected, lower costs for families, and create good-paying union jobs right here in Ohio.”",
  "title": "Ohio CWA: Don’t Use BEAD Money to Fund Starlink",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-11T03:29:36.548Z"
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