U.S. History is marked by moderinization efforts aimed at leaving no one behind. In the 1930s it was lighting up farmsteads with electricity. In the 1950s it was paving highways. Today the federal government is trying to bring broadband, which it considers a utility to an estimated 33 percent of resident who don't have the service.
The FCC has recently approved broadband subsidies for low-income families. They also converted rural phone service grants to companies willing to bring broadband to remote areas.
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