$10s of billions are on its way to rural America –all directed toward building the infrastructure for the new broadband system.
“There’s no question that the Biden administration’s historic investment of more than $42 billion in broadband expansion will change the telecommunications landscape. By May, every state is required to have plans in place to build unprecedented amounts of high-speed Internet infrastructure. That’s great news for rural America, where too many residents continue to have few or no affordable broadband choices.
“But the reality is that the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program can’t erase every broadband gap.” EDITOR’S NOTE: This was true when Roosevelt’s politicies pushed electricity into rural America as well.