(IT) 저효율 미국 고속 통신망 서비스
(IT) 저효율 미국 고속 통신망 서비스
Another big priority for this president that economic stimulus package and one big component of it that not everybody is aware of getting high speed Internet service to vast parts of rural America. But there are questions about why it’s being handled by an agency with the reputation for waste and incompetence. Our report on that tonight from our senior investigative correspondent Lisa Myers.
Jay Fuci has been calling his phone company for years asking for better Internet service. Fuci is among the 62% of Americans with no access to affordable high-speed broadband Internet service. When we were there, it took 20 minutes to dial up the Internet on his phone line and service was excruciatingly slow. He says this hurts his business and his daughter’s education.
The good news is that the Obama stimulus package dedicates almost $3 billion to get broadband to rural areas. The bad news is that the money is being handled by the rural utility service, an agency which critics say has a history of mismanagement and incompetence in this area.
In 2005, government investigators found that 1/4 of the loans issued by the rural utility service were not used as intended or at all. 1/3 of the loans went to communities near cities instead of rural areas, including $46 million to wire upscale suburbs of Huston and $137 million in loans were approved without applications, even being complete. Then in March of this year, another report revealed that 92% of loans issued after the 2005 report had gone to areas that already had broadband service. In
No More F22 Fighter Jets
The senate today voted to save a lot of money by cutting off spending on a very fancy fighter jet, the F-22. Its critics charge it required 30 hours of maintenance for every hour in the air. They say an estimated $ 44,000 is spent every hour. It’s a loft. So the senate said no to $ 1.75 billion for just 7 more jets. John McCain and President Obama both agree on this. They oppose the F-22. President said today he’ll veto any more money for the advanced fighter.