Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

Kruger, Lennard G.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Internet;    Computer networks;    Internet service providers;   

RP-ID  :  RL33816
RP-ID  :  RL33816_2008Nov17

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) houses the only two federal assistance programs exclusively dedicated to financing deployment of broadband Internet access in rural America. This report provides detailed background information on the RUSbroadband loan and grant programs, outlines criticisms of how the RUS broadband program has been implemented thus far, and discusses issues that Congress considered during the reauthorization process.