Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”
Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal”
This will be just great for the Appalachian region J.D. Vance was playing up as his homeland.
They were using that program there: communitynetworks.org/…/connect-humanity-project-…
Connect Humanity and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) have struck a new $7.9 million coalition partnership they say will help deliver affordable, next-generation broadband networks to more than 50 communities across 12 Appalachian states. ARC has already been awarded $6.3 million via its new Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies (ARISE) program, which aims to solve the connectivity crisis in a region that lags well behind the national average.