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Broadband vouchers won't help rural America connect; so what will?

Recent events have put rural America and our country’s ability to bring broadband to rural locations in the spotlight. As part of this broader conversation about rebuilding rural America, one question keeps rising to the top: how best can those in charge of telecom policy address connectivity needs that will only grow in the coming years? We should be looking—as the FCC has been looking—to build upon the successes of the current universal service support mechanisms. These programs have been increasingly repositioned toward broadband, better directed toward where support is needed to justify and sustain network investment in market failure areas, and provides substantial accountability in terms of identifying where universal service dollars have gone to deploy broadband to specific locations.

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