After Calls From Sen. King, Federal Government Adopts New High-Speed Broadband Standard
October 29, 2021
October 29, 2021
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release:
Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Broadband Caucus, is welcoming an announcement from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that its ReConnect Broadband program will now require all participants in the program to provide high-speed connections with at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for both download and upload; the previous standards were 25 Mbps for download . . .
Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Broadband Caucus, is welcoming an announcement from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) that its ReConnect Broadband program will now require all participants in the program to provide high-speed connections with at least 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for both download and upload; the previous standards were 25 Mbps for download . . .