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August 31, 2015 12:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/MNfHNAJQTAo/centurylink-takes-3b-in-subsidies-for-building-out-rural-broadband
CenturyLink Takes $3B In Subsidies For Building Out Rural Broadband
New submitter club77er writes with a link to DSL Reports article outlining some hefty subsidies (about $3 billion, all told) that CenturyLink has signed up to receive, in exchange for expanding its coverage to areas considered underserved: According to the CenturyLink announcement, the telco will take $500 million a year for six years from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Connect America Fund (CAF). In exchange, it will expand broadband to approximately 1.2 million rural households and businesses in 33 states. While the FCC now defines broadband as 25 Mbps down, these subsidies require that the deployed services be able to provide speeds of at least 10 Mbps down.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/MNfHNAJQTAo/centurylink-takes-3b-in-subsidies-for-building-out-rural-broadband
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