# Starlink benefits as Trump admin rewrites rules for $42B grant program

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/starlink-benefits-as-trump-admin-rewrites-rules-for-42b-grant-program/
- Published: 2025-03-08T09:00:38-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: Starlink satellite dish. Image credit: Starlink. Article by Jon Brodkin. Ars Technica – March 6, 2025.  The Trump administration is eliminating a preference for fiber Internet in a $42.45 billion broadband deployment program, a change that is expected to reduce spending on the most advanced wired networks while directing more money to Elon Musk’s Starlink and other non-fiber Internet service providers. One report suggests Starlink could obtain $10 billion to […] Click here to view original web page at www.arstechnica.com