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I'm not here just to be a contrarian, but I really don't fully agree with some of the hot takes in these comments. So here's my perspective:
I'm in a rural area and because of this type of funding, I have decent high speed internet. The same can be said for my neighbors, some of whom didn't have internet until very recently because the options weren't really viable or reliable.
I get that this is a wonderful opportunity to sling vitriol at the government AND businesses. I get that there were spectacular failures in the past. But the reality is, like usual, more nuanced than that.
A lot of this type of money has, and likely will be, used to support building infrastructure for rural areas that would otherwise not be economically viable for companies to provide that kind of service to. Living in a rural area, I'm not convinced that many/any people are going to change their vote to Biden because they suddenly have access to (or promises of future access to) fiber internet. I'm also not convinced that Biden and his administration would have any reasonable expectation otherwise.
Additionally, I'm sure some of this money will go to the big corporations and directly into the pockets of the top execs. However, it does provide work and jobs for regular "commoners" as well. It's also the case that the big players aren't always the ones getting that money. A lot of this type of money is going to replace copper infrastructure with fiber, and a lot of the work is being done by smaller / regional companies because they're the ones who have been operating these areas all these years while the big players focused on the most profitable areas with the higher returns on investment.
Of course, feel free to aimlessly hate on the entire system, but at least do so knowing that this type of thing IS helping real people and that if/when they see these types of comments, it's pretty clear that folks are being unrealistic and dogmatic.