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Rural broadband gets potential boost as Congress passes farm bill

The $867 billion farm bill that just passed the US House and Senate on Wednesday has provisions designed to spur broadband deployment. Though the bulk of the spending in the bill will go toward subsidies for American farmers and support for programs to feed the poor, the bill also expands the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service loan and grant …

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Ajit Pai’s FCC gives carriers option to block text messages

The Federal Communications Commission said it’s getting tough on text message spam by clarifying that phone companies can block unwanted texts. At its monthly meeting Wednesday, the Republican-led agency voted 3-1 to classify SMS text messages as a so-called Title I information service under the Telecom Act. The three Republicans on the FCC, which voted to adopt the classification, said …

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