republicans passed laws preventing municipalities from creating their own ISPs unless over 90% of the population doesn't have access to broadband.

Problem is, satellite internet counts as broadband, despite being ass, so the law could never be triggered.

However, Northam signed a law that rolled back a lot of these regulations and allotted almost a billion dollars to build out broadband access to underserved communities. The stated goal is to have 90% of virginians with broadband access by 2024.

I haven't heard of Youngkin or any other republicans trying to stop it yet, so we may actually get something.

https://dhcd.virginia.gov/governor-northam-announces-virginia-deploys-2-billion-achieve-near-universal-broadband