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FCC chair teams up with Ted Cruz to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolkids | Ted Cruz's anti-hotspot bill stalled, but FCC is ending Wi-Fi program on its own.
Ted Cruz’s anti-hotspot bill stalled, but FCC is ending Wi-Fi program on its own.
The press release included a statement from Cruz, in which the senator alleged that "the Biden FCC hotspot program endangered kids, duplicated existing federal funding, and violated the law." "Kudos to Chairman Carr for moving to undo the Biden hotspot program and protect children, but now it's time for Congress to step up and codify this change," Cruz said in the FCC press release. Andrew Jay Schwartzman, senior counselor for the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, said that Wi-Fi on school buses is "particularly helpful for students in rural areas that face long, daily commutes."
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