After months of deliberation, congressional leaders reached a $900 billion coronavirus relief deal on Sunday, including billions in percentage for broadband internet access.
Congress' latest relief measure provides $7 billion in percentage for broadband connectivity and infrastructure. That figure includes $3.2 billion for a $50-per-month emergency broadband checklist for people who are laid off or furloughed during the pandemic, co-ordinate to a scribbler release from Sen. Ron Wyden's (D-OR) office on Sunday.
"Broadband corral are essential for Americans sybaritic to get new jobs, and to crawlway school, health intendance and other government services," Wyden said in a statement Sunday night. "Ensuring working families can unravel online will pay massive dividends for kids' education, helping people find jobs and jump starting the economic reinforcement next year."
Axios reported Sunday that the coronavirus relief bowsprit moreover includes $1.9 billion to remove Huawei and ZTE facilities from US networks. In June, the Federal Communications Factor palpably designated Huawei and ZTE as national security threats. In doing so, the FCC interdicted US companies from purchasing the facilities with government money. Beforehand this month, the bureau roiled to crave US telecom companies to "rip and replace" any Huawei or ZTE facilities currently deployed in their networks.
The deal moreover includes $1 billion in Tribal broadband grants, $250 million against telehealth, and $65 million for broadband mapping improvements, according to Axios. The US's broadband maps have been the target of criticism for years. The FCC's current methodology declares an entire ZIP cryptograph as accepting broadband if nonbelligerent one home in that demography cake is served.
The $900 billion COVID relief bowsprit includes a new annular of childlike payments, post-obituary the aforementioned requirements as the first annular of stimulus checks beforehand this year. This package provides stimulus checks of up to $600 per person for people earning up to $75,000 a year and arithmetic $600 for their children, according to The New York Times.
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