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Senate advances $7B bill renewing popular FCC internet discount program
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced legislation that would bring a new funding source for the FCC's recently deactivated Affordable Connectivity Program.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Wednesday advanced the PLAN for Broadband Act, which directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop and implement a national strategy to close the digital divide by expanding access to broadband internet. “Since June, hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost internet service because Congress failed to provide additional funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program,” Drew Garner of the Benton Institute for Broadband, said in a statement this week. She was previously a multimedia producer for CNET, where her coverage focused on private sector innovation in food production, climate change and space through podcasts and video content.
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