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As part of a program with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, the East Texas Council of Governments will receive guidance on how to execute more than 60 broadband access projects across its 14-county region.
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One advocate says the expansion could change the economy in the way rural electrification did last century.
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The city is looking at recommendations to ensure equitable internet access.
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This weekend HB5, or “The Texas Broadband Bill”, was one of the few pieces of legislation that passed with strong bipartisan support during an especially contentious legislative session.
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"It establishes a baseline state-level policy plan, and infrastructure, that ... will allow us to solve the problem."
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Although much of the attention is focused in the lack of infrastructure in rural areas, large numbers of urban residents also don't have broadband subscriptions.
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Governor Greg Abbott named expanding broadband internet access in Texas as one of five emergency items for state lawmakers to immediately work on this session. The announcement gives some rural communities hope that local infrastructure will improve.
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Nearly 90 members of the state House signed a letter asking Gov. Greg Abbott to support a plan that would make high-speed Internet more available and affordable, especially in remote parts of the state.