FTTH Council Urges Federal Funding for Rural Broadband Loans

The FTTH Council is lobbying Congress to ensure full funding of a federal program providing broadband loans for rural communities. The loan program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, was authorized by Congress in 2002 for a six-year period, but has been targeted for reduction by the Bush Administration.



A similar industry effort last year was successful in forestalling cuts to the program in Congress' FY 2004 appropriations legislation. http://www.ftthcouncil.org