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The California Broadband Task Force had performed the first voluntary broadband mapping exercise in that state in 2006–2007, having learned about it when Commissioner Chong visited the ConnectKentucky broadband project in 2005. The broadband maps were then used by the CPUC to determine both "unserved areas" (defined as an area that is not ...
But 14 million have no access whatsoever to broadband. [22] [23] An FCC survey, "Broadband Adoption and Use in America," gave the average price of broadband access as $41/month, and said 36 percent those non-users surveyed said the service was too expensive. 12 percent lacked skills, 10 percent worried about "safety and privacy", and 19 percent ...
California received about $1.3 billion in funding through the program that helped about 1-in-5 households in the state. The FCC said in a release that current funding is projected to run out in ...
The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program is to provide each state with $5 million for planning and $100 million for expansion, with states having a greater need receiving more money. The legislature of each state must approve. [16] Funding is also provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. [7]
Sep. 3—WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives August Pfluger (TX-11) and Debbie Dingell (MI-6) Tuesday introduced the PROTOCOL Act, which improves the mapping process for broadband funding and ...
The Biden administration is moving to blunt the loss of an expired broadband subsidy program that helped more than 23 million families afford internet access by using money from an existing ...
Yearly requests for E-Rate funding almost triple the FCC's $2.25 billion limit. [1]: 7 At the beginning of 2005, over 100,000 schools had participated in the program.[2]: 58 In 2003, nearly half of the funding went to schools where more than half of the students receive reduced price lunches.
After years of planning a public broadband system, some low-income areas were deprioritized due to unexpected costs. Still, Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’s committed to funding the entire network.