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John Miley

HISTORICAL FACTS: Congress spends big on closing the digital divide - The Untold Story

Digital transformation. Digitization of business processes and technology.

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The pandemic galvanized federal support for broadband. Now get ready for a tidal wave of spending on telecom gear. The biggest federal effort ever is underway to connect all Americans to high-speed broadband. There’s $42.5 billion to deploy web service, mostly fiber-optic networks, to locations lacking it. 2021’s bipartisan infrastructure law funded the plan. Here’s an early outlook on the huge project.

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