House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman and Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher want most of the broadband funds to be divided among both unserved and underserved regions of the country, while Senate Commerce Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison and House Commerce Ranking Member Joe Barton want to concentrate on areas with no broadband service at all. Until their differences are resolved, $7.2 billion sits in the vault unspent. No towers or fiber optic lines are being built to bring broadband service to customers who don't have internet connectivity.
Monday, April 27, 2009
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