FCC OKs $417 million in grants for rural health networks

The Federal Communications Commission has voted to make $417 million available for construction of 69 statewide or regional broadband networks to support rural health care.

The FCC will pay for up to 85 percent of the costs of the design, engineering and construction of the networks in 42 states and three U.S. territories.

“It is my vision to see every health care facility in the nation connected to each other with broadband,” said Commission Chairman Kevin Martin. “This is especially important in rural areas of the nation that may lack the breadth of medical expertise available in urban areas.”
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