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Texas Pauses Billions in Rural Broadband Funding Over Alleged Elon Musk Starlink Bias

International Business Times UK — September 01, 2026 at 07:32 AM UTC

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Texas Pauses Billions in Rural Broadband Funding Over Alleged Elon Musk Starlink Bias

Texas has frozen $3.3 billion in BEAD broadband grants after lawmakers alleged the state rewrote the rules to favour Elon Musk's Starlink over faster fibre for rural homes.