The National Broadband Plan “relegates” rural areas to “second class...
The National Broadband Plan “relegates” rural areas to “second class broadband capacity,” wrote Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and 21 other senators in a letter Thursday to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. The plan sets a goal of 100 Mbps for 100…
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million homes by 2020, and a short-term goal of at least 4 Mbps through universal service. The difference in goals could widen the digital divide between rural and urban areas, the senators said. The bipartisan letter was signed by several high-ranking senators, including Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Herb Kohl, D-Wis., and Max Baucus, D-Mont. OPASTCO, the Western Telecommunications Alliance and the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association said they agree with the senators. Reps. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., Sam Graves, R-Mo., and 38 others in the House sent Genachowski a similar letter last month (CD June 1 p4) .