FCC NewsBytes for 04-23-17 FCC Expands Rural Broadband

Published: April 23, 2017, 8:13 p.m.

Continuing its work to expand broadband access in rural areas, the Federal Communications Commission today amended its rules to help bring high-speed Internet to locations that are very costly to serve. Closing the rural digital divide is a top priority for the FCC in an era when high-speed Internet access is essential to employment, information, education and economic opportunity in communities across the nation