Oregon weighs cellphone tax to expand rural broadband

StateScoop: A bill up for consideration in the Oregon legislature would raise taxes on wireless customers to fund rural broadband deployment — but wireless industry stakeholders are wondering where their benefit is.

The bill, introduced at the request of House Interim Committee on Economic Development and Trade, would allocate roughly $10 million annually for rural broadband development, to be distributed to rural wireless carriers through grants and loans.

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