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Opinion: Democrats provided funds for Georgia broadband expansion
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A plan to bring high-speed internet access to 13,000 new customers in Hall County is now up in the air after the county and AT&T lost out on federal funding for the project. - photo by Associated Press
In a letter to the editor on Sept. 27, Ken Wright of Murrayville claimed that Brian Kemp was behind the initiative to expand rural broadband in our state. In fact, the money allotted to Kemp’s initiative was provided by the federal government. The funds come from COVID 19 relief packages and from the Federal Communications Commission.