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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

And as you may recall, Biden's own infrastructure proposal initially called for "future-proof" networks, which many experts interpreted as meaning fiber-backed symmetrical speeds. (This is not that, either.) — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 29, 2021

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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung

@mkraju On broadband, the deal includes $40 billion in state grants for deployment, and is technology-agnostic. ISPs using the money have to build networks with minimum speeds of 100 Mbps down / 20 Mbps up. That's a bit less than the symmetrical speeds some senators have called for. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 29, 2021

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Apart from the $40B state grants, the deal includes $2B each for rural areas and tribal entities, and $2.75B for digital inclusion initiatives. It makes permanent the Emergency Broadband Benefit program, a pandemic-related subsidy, renamed as the Low Income Broadband Benefit. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 29, 2021