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fromArs Technica
2 days ago

FCC chairman leads "cruel" vote to take Wi-Fi access away from school kids

FCC vote withdraws E-Rate support for bus and library Wi-Fi, cutting students, library patrons, and rural communities off from essential internet access.
fromTelecompetitor
2 days ago

FCC Eliminates Wi-Fi on School Buses and Outside Schools and Libraries

The ruling said that using E-Rate for such funding "both exceeds the FCC's statutory authority and does not promote sound policy choices." The dismantling of the school bus Wi-Fi program began in early September, when FCC Chairman Brendan Carr introduced the declarative ruling. At the time, he said that the program had a record of "poor stewardship of scarce funds, and invited waste, fraud, and abuse."
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