The Federal Communications Commission has said it will spend over one hundred million dollars over the next three years helping expand high speed, broad band internet services. It will be done through the “Connect America Fund.” South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says it won’t help, and may hurt rural areas…
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Nelson says the FCC is revamping the universal service fund, which has helped rural phone companies for years…
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Nelson says rural telecommunication companies are unable to forecast what their revenues will look like under the new formula…
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(courtesy WNAX Yankton)