Parking lots and airports don’t count for rural broadband funding, FCC tells SpaceX
The commission is ‘cleaning up’ holes spotted in last year’s $9.2 billion auction
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The Federal Communications Commission told SpaceX and other companies on Monday that the billions in rural broadband subsidies it doled out last year can’t be used in already connected areas like “parking lots and well-served urban areas,” citing complaints. The commission, in an effort to “clean up” its subsidy auction program, offered the companies a chance to rescind their funding requests from areas that already have service.
Governor Larry Hogan celebrated the groundbreaking of a major $6 million broadband expansion project to provide high-speed internet service to approximately 1,400 residents of Nanjemoy and Cobb Neck in Charles County.
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Clyburn pushes for affordable internet accessibility Clyburn, a Democrat who represents South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District in Congress, said H.R. 1783, the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act would authorize more than $94 billion to ensure unserved and underserved communities would have affordable high-speed internet access. (Source: Adam Mintzer) By Patrick Phillips | March 11, 2021 at 12:51 PM EST - Updated March 11 at 1:57 PM
WASHINGTON (WCSC) - House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar have introduced new bills to provide internet service for rural communities.
Clyburn, a Democrat who represents South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District in Congress, said H.R. 1783, the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act would authorize more than $94 billion to ensure unserved and underserved communities would have affordable high-speed internet access.