{"id":89345,"date":"2017-06-22T08:23:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T13:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=89345"},"modified":"2017-06-22T08:24:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T13:24:03","slug":"latta-holds-rural-broadband-service-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/06\/22\/latta-holds-rural-broadband-service-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing held on rural  broadband service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) questioned witnesses at an Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about the mapping and coverage measurements of broadband in rural America and how it could be improved to\u00a0better identify\u00a0underserved and unserved areas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89346\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Latta-at-hearing-6-21-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>U.S. Representative Bob Latta holds a hearing on broadband coverage in rural areas on Wednesday.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the hearing, entitled,\u00a0\u201cDefining and Mapping Broadband Coverage in America,\u201d Latta mentioned that high-precision techniques used in\u00a0modern\u00a0farming require access to high-speed broadband, especially to incorporate advances in Internet of\u00a0Things technology.<\/p>\n<p>Latta, who serves as co-chair of the Rural Broadband Caucus, directed his question to J. Brent Legg, vice president of government affairs for Connected Nation.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7shW0kL1-Q4&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Video is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBroadband support programs aim to increase broadband coverage in rural America where agricultural production generate significant value to the national economy and are an essential source of revenue and jobs in rural communities,\u201d said Latta during the hearing. \u201cToday, modern high precision farming operations require access to high-speed broadband to support advanced operations and technologies that significantly increase crop yields, reduce costs, and improve the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA program that only seeks to measure broadband coverage based on population centers, households, or road miles will overlook coverage gaps in agricultural communities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) questioned witnesses at an Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing about the mapping and coverage measurements of broadband in rural America and how it could be improved to\u00a0better identify\u00a0underserved and unserved areas. During the hearing, entitled,\u00a0\u201cDefining and Mapping Broadband Coverage in America,\u201d Latta mentioned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 15:56:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}