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Article | 9/04/2013 Rural carriers complain about broadband obstacles
Rural telecom and broadband providers in the U.S. face big challenges in connecting their most remote customers, as the U.S. Federal Communications Co...
Article | 27/02/2013 US lawmakers look for waste in broadband stimulus
Some Republican lawmakers on Wednesday accused two U.S. agencies of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars in broadband stimulus money on failed proj...
Article | 14/04/2011 Study: Broadband stimulus overlapped existing service
Three large broadband projects funded recently by the U.S. Rural Utilities Service (RUS) largely cover areas already served by broadband providers, ac...
Article | 2/04/2011 Lawmakers tell agencies to return unused broadband funds
A U.S. Congress subcommittee has approved a bill requiring two government agencies to return any unused money from broadband deployment programs that ...
Article | 18/02/2011 US broadband map shows large uncovered areas
Large swaths of the western and southern U.S. do not have access to wired or fixed wireless broadband, according to a new national broadband map relea...