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A program that helped millions of households across the country — and 2.8 million in California — afford internet access is ending, without additional funding from Congress.
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 ...
By that time, the loss of funding could disrupt internet access to an estimated 25 million homes, the FCC has projected, or the equivalent of 64 million people, according to US Census Bureau ...
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 ...
These programs collected data used by the NTIA to refurbish a public interactive National Broadband Map that was released in February 2011. [14] The map was authorized by Congress with the 2008 Broadband Data Improvement Act [15] and was funded through the 2009 economic stimulus bill. [16]
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]
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 ...