Rural Broadband

The internet is now a requirement for daily life, like water and power. We must bring the internet to every place Americans live and work - this will improve education and provide business opportunities that are currently impossible.

Construction of this new infrastructure will provide jobs as well. To avoid the difficulties states have faced when trying to do this themselves, this must be a national project, like Rural Electrification (1936) or the creation of the Federal Interstate System (1956). Additionally, we need higher standards for wireless carriers. Extensive sections of rural America are without any coverage. Wireless providers that benefit from doing business in cities must up their game in Rural America, or other ways of providing coverage must be found.