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Senators introduce bipartisan bill to bring high speed wireless to rural America

A pair of senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that aims to improve wireless networks in underserved rural areas of America.

In Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Maggie Hassan’s (D-N.H.) Advancing Innovation and Reinvigorating Widespread Access to Viable Electromagnetic Spectrum (AIRWAVES) bill, they propose opening up spectrum space for commercial licensed and unlicensed use with the hope that doing so will drive down wireless costs and increase its accessibility.

Gardner and Hassan say they believe this will bring increased broadband access to rural areas, whose connectivity coverage rates and speed lag severely compared to urban areas.

By Ali Breland

Full Story: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/344777-senators-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-bring-high-speed-wireless-to-rural

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