Tonko pushing for more broadband internet funding after victory for NY
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U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, still celebrating his role in securing $99 million in federal funding for high-speed internet service in New York state, is now seeking even more federal dollars for the effort.(Will Waldron/Times Union archive)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
ALBANY U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, still celebrating his role in securing $99 million in federal funding for high-speed internet service in New York state, is now seeking even more federal dollars for the effort.
Tonko included a provision in the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by the House that would fund an additional $730 million in broadband subsidies for companies to expand into mostly poor rural areas not served by large cable TV providers like Spectrum and Verizon.