FCC chair proposes $500 million for rural broadband
Declaring that closing the digital divide is the FCC’s top priority, chairman Ajit Pai proposed an agency order to put $500 million in funding toward high-speed internet in rural America, said ZDNet. The agency estimates that 39 percent of rural residents lack broadband, compared with just 4 percent of urban America. “We need more deployment… » Read More
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