Tech Think Tank Calls for $40B Reverse Auction to Boost Rural BroadbandNearly one-in-five rural Americans don't have broadband Internet access, but that could change with the use of carefully targeted subsidies through a process known as a reverse auction. A big, one-time capital expenditure administered through a reverse-auction program would attract larger, more efficient firms to the problem, noted ITIF Director of Broadband and Spectrum Policy Doug Brake.
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Tech Think Tank Calls for $40B Reverse Auction to Boost Rural Broadband