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West Virginia Quickly Builds Statewide Network for Students – What Has Your State Done?

As students and their families wait for better Internet at home, West Virginia has deployed hundreds of new Wi-Fi access points in facilities across all of its counties that any student can use.

Wi-Fi woes are even worse during coronavirus pandemic, and only some of us can do anything about it. – How access is not created equally.

“Of the 21 million Americans who lack high-speed broadband internet access, 80% are in rural areas and on tribal lands.”

FCC Has Money But Lacks Data for Broadband Implementation

The Federal Communications Commission is ready to auction $20 billion for rural broadband development starting in October, but many lawmakers are nervous that they don’t have accurate enough data to do it correctly.

Research Suggests State Broadband Policies Make a Difference

A new article in Telecommunications Policy presents evidence that local areas generally fare better when states award broadband money to providers and allow municipalities to get into the broadband business.

Montana Senator Jon Tester to FCC: Speed Up Your Efforts to Close Digital Divide in Indian Country During Pandemic

Senator: “The Commission has not done enough to bridge the digital divide on Native lands, particularly during the ongoing COVID-19 national health emergency”

The Farms of the Future Hinge on High-Speed Internet

During a recent National Telecommunications and Information Administration webinar, experts dissected the economic potential of and roadblocks to precision agriculture technology in rural America.

USDA Expands Access to Broadband Infrastructure for Rural Businesses and Residents Under Select Rural Development Programs

Effective immediately, entities may be eligible to use up to 10 percent of a loan, grant or loan guarantee to build, improve or acquire rural broadband facilities and equipment in areas not served by a minimum acceptable level of broadband service which is 25 megabits downstream and 3 megabits upstream for both mobile and fixed service.

Too many farmers can’t get broadband. That’s a crisis for us all

Resilience and farming go hand in hand. If anyone can achieve the impossible, a farmer can.

The Idaho Department of Commerce awarded nearly $50 million awarded for broadband projects

The grants help fund broadband connectivity for more than 43,000 underserved households, the majority of which are in rural communities of less than 3,000 residents.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai touted false broadband data despite clear signs it wasn’t accurate

“The FCC should fine itself”: Pai relied on ISP’s impossible deployment claims.