Rural America is in ‘desperate need’ of broadband infrastructure

StateScoop: Federal Communications Commission member Jessica Rosenworcel on Tuesday called for an expansion of the FCC’s E-Rate program, a broadband subsidy program for schools and libraries, to help students and remote workers get internet access at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

But educators and administrators “desperately need” real network infrastructure beyond mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, said Nil Grove, the chief technology officer for the public schools in Allegheny County, Maryland.

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