Nev. senators urge FCC to expand rural broadband
By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal
WASHINGTON — Nevada’s two U.S. senators have joined a bipartisan effort to expand mobile broadband to rural and underserved areas.
More than two dozen senators from both political parties on Thursday asked the Federal Communications Commission to expand mobile broadband in rural areas to improve public safety and enhance education and economic opportunities in precision agriculture and health care.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., were among those requesting FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to “move forward” with the second phase of a so-called mobility fund to expand communications services.
