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Bernie Sanders has a High-Speed Internet for All plan, $150 billion for public broadband
Senator and 2020 US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' High-Speed Internet for All plan, unveiled today, promises $150 billion to build publicly owned broadband networks.
Bernie wants to break up ISPs like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon, and this is the proposal: High-Speed Internet For All.
at CNBC reports
Other 2020 Dem candidates -- Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg -- have also touted plans to improve Americans' access to broadband.
Jacob Pramuk at CNBC:
In his sprawling High-Speed Internet for All proposal, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate calls to treat internet like a public utility. His campaign argues that the internet should not be a price gouging profit machine for companies such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon.
Sanders plan would create $150 billion in grants and aid for local and state governments to build publicly owned broadband networks as part of the Green New Deal infrastructure initiative. The total would mark a massive increase over current funding for broadband development initiatives. The proposal would also break up what the campaign calls internet service provider and cable monopolies, stop service providers from offering content and end what it calls anticompetitive mergers.
Bernie Sanders unveils plan to boost broadband access, break up internet and cable titans
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