May 26, 2021 S. Derek Turner The Trump FCC awarded Charter millions to build fiber in towns that by then were either fully wired with municipal fiber or nearly at that point. Flickr user Tony Webster Note: This is part six in an ongoing series. Be sure to check out the previous posts: Part 1: Fiber to the Clubhouse: Pai Subsidizes Broadband for the Rich Part 2: Broadband Boondoggle: Ajit Pai’s $886M Gift to Elon Musk Part 3: Space-X Broadband: Coming to an Empty Traffic Island Near You Part 4: Ajit Pai’s Broadband Legacy: Haste and Waste Part 5: Plan Fail: How Pai Imperiled a Rural Town’s Fiber Network