FCC Approves Plan To Spend $5B Over Next Five Years On School Wi-Fi

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itwbennett writes: The Federal Communications Commission, in a 3-2 party-line vote Friday, approved a plan to revamp the 17-year-old E-Rate program, which pays for telecom services for schools and libraries, by phasing out funding for voice service, Web hosting and paging services, and redirecting money to Wi-Fi. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler had proposed a $5 billion budget for Wi-Fi, but Republican commissioners and some lawmakers had questioned where the money would come from. Still, the E-Rate revamp (PDF) approved Friday contemplates a $1 billion-a-year target for Wi-Fi projects “year after year, ” Wheeler said. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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FCC Approves Plan To Spend $5B Over Next Five Years On School Wi-Fi

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