Amazon is trying to revolutionize the delivery of packages.
Their latest plan has a dark side.
And Amazon turned Texas residents' lives into a nightmare with one scheme they want to expand nationally.
Amazon's drone crashes into internet cable as complaints pile up
The Federal Aviation Administration launched an investigation after one of Amazon's MK30 drones severed an internet cable in Waco on November 18.¹
Video footage shows the propeller getting tangled in the overhead line after completing a delivery, shearing the wire before the motors shut down and the aircraft crashed.
This marks the second FAA probe in two months after two separate drones collided with a construction crane boom in Arizona in October.²
Amazon claims the drone performed a "safe contingent landing" and paid for repairs.
But those assurances ring hollow when drones are knocking out internet service and crashing into construction equipment.
Turns out thin cables are invisible to Amazon's fancy "sense-and-avoid system" that's supposed to detect obstacles.
Richardson residents revolt against constant buzzing overhead
Richardson, Texas residents report Amazon's drones are driving them crazy with constant high-pitched buzzing.
Jonathan Pace counted nine drones flying over his home in one hour after Amazon launched service in early December.³
"It sounds like a giant hive of bees," Pace told the Dallas Observer. "You know it's coming because it's pretty loud."
The drones operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily within an eight-mile radius of Amazon's distribution center.
That means hundreds of flights buzzing over the same neighborhoods at altitudes between 180 and 400 feet.
Pace compared the disruption to "a mosquito buzzing by your ear" – annoying enough to destroy any hope of peace and quiet.⁴
The drones hover over properties while lowering packages with mechanical arms, giving Amazon's cameras a view into every backyard and window.
Amazon claims it held community meetings and designed the MK30 to be "50% quieter" than earlier models.
Residents say the reality doesn't match the promises.
"I honestly can't believe more people aren't bringing up this issue," Pace said, noting nurses, police officers and firefighters working night shifts complain the drones disrupt their sleep.
Walmart joins the drone wars and it gets even worse
Walmart watched Amazon's invasion and decided to double down with its own Wing Aviation service buzzing over North Texas 1,000 times daily across 19 cities.⁵
Now both retail giants are racing to fill American skies first.
Walmart wants 75 million households covered by 2026 while Amazon targets 500 million packages delivered annually by 2030.
Multiple companies including Zipline and Flytrex are piling into the same airspace.
The FAA handed North Texas to Big Tech as a testing ground in 2024.
Amazon got approval for 1,000 daily flights from 22 delivery centers across Texas.
That's 22,000 takeoffs and landings every day when fully operational, all buzzing over homes without permission.
The FAA claims it "regulates" drone noise and makes companies follow local ordinances.
Those regulations were written decades ago when nobody imagined corporate fleets buzzing over neighborhoods 22,000 times daily.
Congress refuses to update them because Big Tech lobbyists own Washington, D.C.
Homeowners have zero rights to stop drones from using their property as a flight corridor.
As long as Amazon stays above minimum altitude, they can fly wherever they want, whenever they want, as often as they want.
You don't get a vote when your peaceful suburb becomes a distribution highway in the sky.
Amazon's betting you'll trade your privacy and peace for getting batteries 30 minutes faster.
They figured out nobody can stop them because Congress won't touch aviation laws that might upset corporate donors.
Texas homeowners are the canary in the coal mine.
Richardson is Amazon's proof of concept – if they succeed without major pushback, they'll roll this nightmare out to 75 cities by next year.
Your morning coffee will come with a soundtrack of buzzing overhead.
And when a drone crashes into your internet cable, Amazon will cut you a check and keep flying.
The FAA investigation into that Waco incident won't change anything because federal regulators already picked Amazon's profits over your property rights.
¹ CNBC, "Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas," November 26, 2025.
² FOX Business, "Amazon investigated by FAA after delivery drone strikes internet cable," November 26, 2025.
³ Emma Ruby, "North Texas is Embracing Drone Delivery, But It Can Be Pretty Annoying," Dallas Observer, December 17, 2025.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Mackenzie Web, "NEW: Amazon Drone Deliveries Spark Outrage Over 'Buzzing' Noise In Texas," December 29, 2025.
