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COMMENTS: Digital Divide
The last time the Rural Utilities Service was in charge of expanding broadband access to the underserved countryside, it botched the job, NBC's Lisa Myers reminded us. The service favored suburbs over rural communities; approved loans without requiring completed applications; and subsidized service to communities that already had broadband. So why, Myers inquired, should the Agriculture Department put RUS in charge of another $3bn to bridge the digital divide? "Those are all fixable with the right focus and the right vision," a USDA spokesman assured her.
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