Source: WRAL TECHWIRE, 1/14/20

Some 169,000 households and small businesses across North Carolina that lack access to high-speed internet could be provided with faster speeds if a new federal program is approved by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC plan – if passed by FCC commissioners on Jan. 30 – would provide more than $20 billion through a Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. This is the latest attempt by the FCC to deal with the so-called “digital divide.”

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