Will Fiber be Part of the Stimulus package?

The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council is urging Congress to ensure that proposals for expanding broadband coverage are included in the economic recovery package that is expected to be introduced when the new Congress is seated in January. Council members called on Congress to use as a baseline for the economic recovery package a set of broadband tax and other incentives put forth by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) earlier this month. To this baseline measure, Congress should include additional incentives that enable the deployment of advanced infrastructure to all Americans.