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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaeuh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points SSta' mswill irovide ther citizens witn more ard beer broad band if they approach price restraints with a light hand. The National lecornmunicaions and Inforrna'tior Administration has suggested heavy-harded approaches that will 'e costy, dscourage customers and companies from innovating, and dis- rua tlo ,,,/inome Conrum'r . SCentures of a cases,conornc studies, an d reguiatory experiences teach that prices are besL lett to co-etitive nm akt, and re g oad rices must b'- high enough to provide sufIioint revenue for contn ued investmsentand in novation. * States that Le ec tive conpetitive processes for choosing Broadband Euity Access, and Depoyerrnt funding recpirts Can rely on tsose cornpetitive outcomes to adequately fund light-handed price restraints, if they are limited in scope and duration. C''ongress created the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and epoyment (BEA)) Program, a pruminet featuae o the Ifrastrutre investcmen and Jobs Act (i11A)' t sher areas without modern broadband into t.l dCii- tal age. Congress furd: (1) Access to affordable, rcliable, hig hspeed. broadband is esscntial to full participation in modern life in the Unite States. (a) The persistent digital divide i the United States is a barrier t the :comenom compet- itiveness of the Unite States and equita- ble dis r bution of essentiat pubtic services, iincluding halth care and education.. (3) Te ogital divide disproportiornatey affects communitis of color, lower-income areas, and rural areas, and the benefits of broadband should be broadls enrjoyled y all? The IiJAk provides $44 billion for ptanning, infra- strunture delvlyment, anI adoption programs in a.l So states, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin islands, and Washington, DC (hereafter 'states). ie money is distributed to the stares by the National TelemirnU- nications and lnfoornation Admirnistraiton (NTIA), an agency in the Department of Commerce. States must use the money for purposes outlined in the statut, subject to the law's numerous requirements, includ- ing data speed requirements, processes f r submit- ting plans m» NTIA, and guidelines for working with local governments. There are d isagreeiments about the atount of sub- sidy needed to provide broadband access to all the

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