More than 7% of the country, or more than 8.5 million homes and small businesses, is considered underserved, with internet speed below government standards.

President Joe Biden is kicking off a more than $42 billion plan to give every American household access to high-speed internet by 2030. The initiative is the next stage of Biden’s push to invest in America ahead of his reelection bid. White House officials compared the plan to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s effort to bring electricity to rural America in the 1930s.

  • quortez@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    How about you connect some ‘internet deserts’ up? No one deserves to be stuck with less than 25Mbps, let alone the pitiful 250Kbps some remote people are lucky to get.

    And guarantee every citizen a minimum of 25Mbps for free while you’re at it (completely pie in the sky, but I can dream)

    • what@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      And it needs to actually be 25Mbps. Not advertised speed, but actual speed. Ideally up and down.