FCC to Propose $400M for Rural Doctors Good or Bad
What do you think? The effort, supported by money drawn from a $8 billion annual phone subsidy known as the Universal Service Fund. But it has attracted little interest, mainly because of restrictions on who can apply for the funds and what the money can be used for, according to the FCC.
FCC To Propose Spending $400M to Connect Rural Docs
The FCC plans to propose a new program to help rural doctors get access to broadband. At the open meeting Thursday, the agency will propose that $400 million should go to linking doctors and hospitals to the Internet at speeds of at least 10 Mbps. ... The program would also pay for up to 85 percent of the costs associated with building out access lines and would allow more players in the healthcare market to take advantage of such funds. In addition to offsetting the ...
Publish Date: 07/14/2010 19:32
http://gigaom.com/2010/07/14/fcc-to-propose-spending-400m-to-connect-rural-docs/
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