2020 Candidates Offer Plans to Extend the Reach of Broadband

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Two 2020 presidential candidates released plans for investing in rural America this week. And broadband plays a key role in both. Senator Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) plan to invest in rural America includes a "public option for broadband" and a proposal to create an Office of Broadband Access that will manage an $85 billion federal grant program to expand broadband access across the country. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's (D-NY) plan includes having the White House be a funding partner for communites and a call for a $60 billion investment to connect all Americans. Senators Warren and Gillibrand are the latest candidates to stress the importance of bringing broadband internet access service everywhere in the U.S.


2020 Candidates Offer Plans to Extend the Reach of Broadband