In Omnibus Bill, Congress Delivers $600M for Rural Broadband

Route Fifty: Americans living in the vast stretches of the country where dial-up modems still provide intermittent and sluggish internet may have something special to celebrate in the $1.3 trillion federal spending bill approved by the House on Thursday and Senate early Friday morning.

The 2,000-page omnibus measure includes $600 million to expand rural broadband service through a pilot program run by the Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities Service. The $600 million would be dispersed in grants and loans.

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