Proposed Senate Bill Would BRIDGE Digital Divide

A bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Bennet (D-Colorado), King (I-Maine) and Portman (R-Ohio), would make $40 billion available through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to close the Digital Divide.…

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Several Senate Bills Push Rural Broadband Funding

The U.S. Senate has fully awakened to the need to close the digital divide between rural and urban America. A bill introduced by Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)…

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Additional Help Proposed for RLECs to Close the Digital Divide

Recent suggestions to the FCC, as well as proposed legislation on additional funding, would provide RLECs with more and better tools to provide both wireline and broadband services to their…

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Pai, Starks Discuss Digital Divide

In remarks to decidedly different groups, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Geoffrey Starks spoke to the seriousness of the current digital divide in America. Pai, addressing the Reason Foundation,…

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