PA's Internet Plans Disrupted by New Federal Broadband Rules

PA's internet plans disrupted by new federal broadband rules

HARRISBURG — Sweeping changes are coming to a massive program that aims to bring high-speed internet to everyone in the U.S., after the Trump administration rejected one of the initiative’s key policy goals. The new rules for the $42.5 billion program change the way states will evaluate competing proposals, which areas are eligible for funding, and how long states have to award the grants. The announcement in early June upended months of plannin…

Trump Administration to Pa.: Shift broadband focus to cheaper options, like Starlink

HARRISBURG — Sweeping changes are coming to a massive program that aims to bring high-speed internet to everyone in the U.S., after the Trump administration rejected one of the initiative’s

Trump admin halts fiber internet expanse in LA

Many rural Louisianans who were promisedaccess to fiber internet may be out of luck.Recent changes to the federal Broadband EquityAccess and Deployment program, originally set togrant Louisiana $1.3 billion for fiber expansion,will reverse the Biden administration’s fiberfirstapproach, and with it, the fiber expansion asplanned in rural Louisiana.Louisiana was set to start dispersing the grantfunds this year through the GUMBO 2.0 program,as the …

Trump Admin Tells Pa., Other States to Shift Broadband Focus to Cheaper Options Like Elon Musk's Starlink

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Sweeping changes are coming to a massive program that aims to bring high-speed internet to everyone in the U.S., after the Trump administration rejected one of the initiative’s key policy goals. The new rules …