FCC Future of Media Workshop: Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era
Providing access to the Internet for all Americans was one of the goals of the National Broadband Plan. Staff of the Federal Communications Commission will present an overview on May 6 of a technical paper supporting estimates in the Plan of a $24 billion gap between the cost of deploying broadband services to the 14 million or more Americans living in unserved areas and the potential additional revenue generated from the broadband investment. Staff will explain the economic model that generated this estimate and answer questions about the paper, which is titled "The Broadband Availability Gap." The public is encouraged to attend.
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