GOP Complains About Affordable Broadband

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GOP to hold hearings about providing affordable broadband to poor Americans

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GOP will hold a series of hearings this week to attack the low-income provision of the infrastructure bill.

The bill requires ISPs to try and provide a basic, affordable broadband tier for poor Americans .

AT&T and Comcast have to offer a $ 20 , 25 Mbps service tier (which costs them virtually nothing to provide) to families that qualify for low income programs.

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