Never was seeking a win. Why do you think I gave it to you?

My post didn't warrant calling me a conspiracy theorist. And your "assumption" that "everybody knows how government works" is pretentious. You said it yourself, you're "old". Of course, you probably know. Your upset because I brought into question that your "belief" that the fox (government) is going to somehow protect the hen house (the poor taxpayers) because they got a "new" replacement for the last crook is what strikes me as a bit odd. Maybe, maybe not. But in the current climate the foxes seem to be winning.
Make your points please. I'm open for my discussion. But let's do it sensibly.
Lets look at these few historical points on the USF and how well it hasn't worked. I'll break out gifted amounts.
In 2012, during "Phase I" of the Connect America Fund,
>$115 million in subsidies were given out to build out broadband in 37 states, with
$71.9 million going to Frontier Communications
$35 million to Century Link
>AT&T and Verizon declined to participate.
In 2013, also during "Phase I",
CenturyLink accepted another $54 million
>AT&T accepted $100 million.
In March 2014, the FCC approved "Phase II" of the transition to the Connect America Fund,
>adding $1.8 billion a year in funding
and clarifying the specifics of the funding process. Under the framework the FCC approved, incumbent carriers have priority access to subsidies, but if the funds are declined, the funds are allocated by a competitive bidding process.
The FCC also proposed upping the minimum speed requirement from 4Mbit/s to 10Mbit/s.
>In May 2014, the 10th circuit court of appeals upheld the shift in funds in the face of a legal challenge by telephone companies.
The Connect America Fund also includes the Mobility Fund, which is given to wireless carriers who expand service to underserved areas.
"Phase I" of the Mobility Fund offered
>$300 million for a September 2012 round of auctions, and
"Phase II" of the Mobility Fund plans to give out
>$500 million in annual support.
I swear Americans should be embarrassed to do business with companies that can, by sheer force of THREAT to sue the US government or it's agencies, get their way on a transfer of money scheme -> WHERE THE SCHEME IS GIVING THEM THE MONEY THEY'RE SUING OVER.
Wut? (insert 1000's of pages of legal gobeldy-wobbely)
That's what the 10th's decision did. A US Court, upheld the amounts and methods the money pie was being cut and passed out under. Because they were threatening to sue the government. If anyone's wondered where the idiocracy is hiding check the offices of the FCC.
This s*itstorm started in 1913 and we citizens get to live with it. If I gave an impression by condoning the speedtest it's because I know actionable data will be generated from it. There's no promise that action will benefit anyone outside the FCC's friendship circles. And...Ajit Pia is a political shill.
BTW, Obama appointed sister Pia, Trump re-upped him and re-upped him again for his last (incomplete) 5 year term.
"Connect America Fund" is the largest and most complex of four programs, this high cost program subsidizes telecommunications services in rural and remote areas. The program paid out $4.2 billion in subsidies to telecommunications companies in 2013, with a goal of making telecommunications affordable to rural and remote areas.
The program has been criticized as wasteful, granting large sums of money to telecommunications companies while having little effect on access.
So that's quick-peek at one aspect of the clownshow we call "our government".