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Faster Internet Is Coming to America--as Soon as the Government Knows Where to Build It
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Faster Internet Is Coming to America—as Soon as the Government Knows Where to Build It
The $42 billion broadband plan is slowed by lack of accurate maps showing gaps in service
By Ryan Tracy, Drew FitzGerald and Anthoanthony.debarros@wsj.comny DeBarros | Photographs by Yasmin Yassin for The Wall Street Journal
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Aug. 14, 2022 5:30 am ET
WASHINGTON—The government’s $42.5 billion plan to expand internet service to underserved communities is stuck in a holding pattern nearly nine months after approval, largely because authorities still don’t know where gaps need to be filled.
The broadband plan, part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed by President Biden last November, stipulates that money to improve service can’t be doled out until the Federal Communications Commission completes new maps showing where homes and businesses lack fast service.
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Faster Internet Is Coming to America—as Soon as the Government Knows Where to Build It
The $42 billion broadband plan is slowed by lack of accurate maps showing gaps in service
By Ryan Tracy, Drew FitzGerald and Anthoanthony.debarros@wsj.comny DeBarros | Photographs by Yasmin Yassin for The Wall Street Journal
https://twitter.com/ryanjtracy
Ryan.Tracy@wsj.com
https://twitter.com/drewfitzgerald
andrew.fitzgerald@wsj.com
https://twitter.com/anthonydb
anthony.debarros@wsj.com
Aug. 14, 2022 5:30 am ET
WASHINGTON—The government’s $42.5 billion plan to expand internet service to underserved communities is stuck in a holding pattern nearly nine months after approval, largely because authorities still don’t know where gaps need to be filled.
The broadband plan, part of the $1 trillion infrastructure bill signed by President Biden last November, stipulates that money to improve service can’t be doled out until the Federal Communications Commission completes new maps showing where homes and businesses lack fast service.
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