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$42B broadband grant program may scrap Biden admin’s preference for fiber | NTIA nominee to rework Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
NTIA nominee to rework Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been demanding an overhaul of a $42.45 billion broadband deployment program, and now his telecom policy director has been chosen to lead the federal agency in charge of the grant money. He said Congress would review BEAD for "imposition of statutorily-prohibited rate regulation; unionized workforce and DEI labor requirements; climate change assessments; excessive per-location costs; and other central planning mandates." Republicans and ISPs have objected to the NTIA's enforcement of the legal mandate that Internet providers receiving federal funds offer at least one "low-cost broadband service option for eligible subscribers."
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