Nearly a century ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt led a campaign of bold investment to electrify rural America. Until recently, we were on track to do the same for broadband internet in this century. Before President Trump’s second term, our country was on the cusp of a breakthrough. Billions in federal funding was set to More The post Rural America Needs Dependable Broadband, Not More Handouts for Billionaires appeared first on CounterPunch.org.