BDAC Formation, New USF Priorities All Aimed at Digital Divide, Pai Says
The FCC has no bigger issue before it than bridging the digital divide, particularly in rural communities, Chairman Ajit Pai told National Grange President Betsy Huber in a Grange Radio interview, the group said Tuesday. According to the transcript, Pai…
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cited FCC actions to that end, such as establishing the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, of which Huber is a member, and reorienting USF priorities to focus on unserved areas. Pai said the agency is trying to modify regulations to encourage deployment and urging Congress to do likewise.