US to spend $42 billion to make internet access universal by 2030
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The White House on Monday divvied up $42 billion among the nation's 50 states and U.S. territories to make access to high-speed broadband universal by 2030, as it launched a new publicity campaign for President Joe Biden's economic policies.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/632917

June 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday plans to lay out how a $42 billion investment in expanding internet access will be divvied up among the nation’s 50 states, in an effort to give all Americans access to high-speed broadband by 2030.

The move will kick off the second leg of Biden’s tour highlighting how legislation passed by Congress during the first half of his term will affect average Americans, as his reelection bid gears up.

"We have an historic opportunity here to make a real difference in people’s lives and making sure that we deliver on that potential is what we’re about every day and to make sure that people feel that at their kitchen table, in their communities, in their backyards,” White House chief of staff Jeff Zients said.

Zients compared the broadband effort to President Franklin Roosevelt’s efforts in 1936 to bring electricity to rural America. The administration estimates there are some 8.5 million locations in the U.S. that lack access to broadband connections.

  • SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Ok Cool. I would point out that back in the '90s, we gave big telecom a bunch of money and deregulation in exchange for 40 megabit fiber everywhere. We didn’t get it, not for a decade or three. So I’m just saying, whatever is put on offer here should be performance-based.