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15 Republican AGs Urge The Supreme Court To Make Providing Affordable Broadband To Poor People Illegal
The FCC runs an $8 billion federal subsidy program to help bring phone and broadband services to lower income homes and schools called the Universal Service Fund. The program was historically …
Now the Supreme Court has stated they’ll hear the case, which will ultimately determine whether federal efforts to expand broadband access to poor, rural neglected communities is effectively illegal or not. “A coalition of Republican attorneys general from 15 states urged the Supreme Court Tuesday to find an $8 billion-per-year broadband subsidy unconstitutional. At the same time, the Trump administration and its loyal courts are dismantling the entirety of federal consumer protection at agencies like the FTC and FCC, ensuring regional telecom giants like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, and Charter can rip you off with zero real repercussions.
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