House Defers to Senate Broadband Data Bill; Final Bill Deletes Funding and National Map
Broadband Census, October 7, 2008
By Drew Bennett
The House signed off an the amended version of the Broadband Data Improvement Act that took away all authorization of funds and undercut many of the key features that would have forced the disclosure of company-by-company broadband data on the local level.
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