By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 2/7/22
Cable broadband operators are solidly behind a bill that could reduce the potential overbuilding power of some of the Biden Administration’s billions of dollars in infrastructure investment. Potential overbuilding is a big issue given the size of the broadband investment – about $65 billion – and the Administration’s signals that price and quality will factor into where it concludes broadband is not available sufficient to the public’s needs.
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) is the lead sponsor of the Connect Unserved Americans Act, which would take several steps to reduce the amount of overbuilding allowed in serving the unserved. » Read More