Topic: NHR - Capito, others, launch Senate Broadband Caucus

[biggreenarms]

West Virginia ranks 48th in the nation in broadband accessibility, Capito said, with 30 percent of residents lacking access. In the most rural areas of the state, that number is as high as 48 percent.

More than 550,000 West Virginians lack access to broadband internet.


 
“We have a coal economy,” Capito, R-W.Va., said. “We’re being asked to transition, we can’t transition without broadband, or we have to do it with one hand behind our back.

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-business/20160712/capito-others-launch-senate-broadband-caucus

[MarshallSteve]

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-business/20160712/capito-others-launch-senate-broadband-caucus

This is what happens when you dont have "forward thinking" elected leaders running this state. This should have been done 15 years ago.

[Greg H]

Residents of 49 other states should have their money stolen at the point of IRS rifles to pay for this. 

[herdgameplan]

IRS is not a legitimate part of the Government! What happened to all the fiber optic cable laid under former Senator Byrd?????

[Pinkerton99]

This might be a good thread to remember that Capito (and Manchin) recently tried to void the Fourth Amendment (rights of a person to be secure in papers) by voting to give the government legal authority to your entire internet browsing history, with no oversight, and permanently.  This %^&* would make the East German Stasi's heads spin.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2016/s108