We paid them for universal broadband
We never got it, but we did pay for it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-kushnick/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5839394.html
Several times. Last in 2015.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/2/2/1361802/-After-billions-of-dollars-in-subsidies-here-s-Verizon-s-broadband-coverage
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Takes-Billions-in-FCC-Subsidies-For-Broadband-Expansion-134949
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/centurylink-takes-3-billion-govt-broadband-subsidies/143693
The running total is approaching half a trillion dollars, which I'm sure you know is enough for every American to have hot fibre dangling from every orifice. It ain't gonna happen though.
