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Ensure Broadband Coverage In Rural Areas |
“[Obama] will ensure that rural Americans have access to a modern communications infrastructure. [He] will modernize an FCC program that supports rural phone service so that it promotes affordable broadband coverage across rural America as well.”
-- Obama's Blueprint For Change
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AUGUST 18, 2010
WH Issuing $1.8B In Broadband Grants
The Commerce and Agriculture Departments announced $1.8 billion in broadband infrastructure grants for 94 projects in 37 states. |
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JULY 15, 2010
FCC Begins Rural Health Care Program
The FCC launched (subscription required) a new $400 million program to offer broadband services to rural health care providers. |
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JUNE 09, 2010
Ag Report Touts Broadband Funding
According to a Department of Agriculture report, the Rural Utilities Services has awarded more than $1 billion in funding for 68 projects in 31 states. |
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MAY 21, 2010
FCC Approves Frontier-Verizon Deal
The FCC greenlighted a transfer of 4.8 million lines from Verizon Communications Inc. to Frontier Communications Corp. to expand broadband in rural areas. |
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MARCH 30, 2010
Ag Department Issues Broadband Grants
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Services completed its first round of stimulus funding, "awarding $22 million in loans and grants" to bring broadband services to an area in North Dakota. |
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MAY 22, 2009
FCC Releases Rural Broadband Strategy
The FCC released a report on its rural broadband strategy, calling it "a starting point for the development of policies to bring broadband to rural areas." |
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MAY 07, 2009
Obama Budget Gives $1.3B To Rural Broadband
The president's FY10 budget plan provides $1.3 billion for "loans and grants to increase broadband capacity and improve telecommunication service" in rural areas. |
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FEBRUARY 17, 2009
Stimulus Funds Rural Broadband
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service and the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications Information Administration received $7.2 billion from the The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act "to expand broadband access and adoption in communities across the U.S." |
