Pai Plans to Spend Four Days in Gulf Coast States With Focus on Broadband
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will visit Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida this week for a series of events on expanding high-speed internet access and closing the digital divide, with an eye on jobs, said an advisory Friday. Pai plans to…
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participate on roundtables with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., in New Orleans and with Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., in Tampa. Among other stops will be a housing project in Iberville, Louisiana, “where high-speed broadband has been deployed,” a Navy facility in Gulfport, Mississippi, and a cable broadband facility in Pascagoula, Alabama. Pai plans to meet with local leaders in Mobile, Alabama. He also plans to visit a broadband provider in Quincy, Florida, and the James Madison Institute in Tallahassee. Also in Florida, he will tour a veterans’ telehealth center in Lecanto and a cable broadband facility in St. Petersburg.