Post by pavel on Feb 6, 2016 5:06:34 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — An agribusiness owner from Louise joined other witnesses at a congressional hearing Thursday in urging lawmakers to invest more money in reliable Internet services in rural and American Indian communities.
“Any policies that will promote more rural investment in broadband infrastructure, including where farming takes place, should be pursued,’’ Darrington Seward, who manages Seward & Son Planting Co., told members of a Senate subcommittee.
Thursday's hearing before the Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet focused on the future of funding for broadband services, including the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Mobility Fund and Connect America Fund.
Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the subcommittee, said Mississippi and other largely rural states need better Internet service.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/02/05/lawmakers-push-expand-internet-rural-areas/79839198/
“Any policies that will promote more rural investment in broadband infrastructure, including where farming takes place, should be pursued,’’ Darrington Seward, who manages Seward & Son Planting Co., told members of a Senate subcommittee.
Thursday's hearing before the Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet focused on the future of funding for broadband services, including the Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Mobility Fund and Connect America Fund.
Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the subcommittee, said Mississippi and other largely rural states need better Internet service.
Read more: www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/02/05/lawmakers-push-expand-internet-rural-areas/79839198/