{"id":97429,"date":"2018-01-12T08:17:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T13:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=97429"},"modified":"2018-01-12T08:17:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T13:17:39","slug":"latta-introduces-rural-internet-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/01\/12\/latta-introduces-rural-internet-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta introduces rural Internet resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0&#8212;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), co-chair of the bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus, has introduced a resolution expressing a sense of the House of Representatives that any\u00a0infrastructure\u00a0legislation to promote broadband Internet access or communications facilities deployment must treat all broadband and communications\u00a0facilities\u00a0in a\u00a0competitively\u00a0and technologically neutral manner.<\/p>\n<p>Latta has previously advocated for the inclusion of increased broadband access as part of any transportation package passed by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEfforts to upgrade our nation\u2019s infrastructure should include the expansion and deployment of broadband in order to help close the\u00a0\u2018digital divide\u2019 that exists between rural and urban communities,\u201d said Latta.\u00a0\u201cIn that same vein, it\u2019s important that we establish a world class communication network that contains a robust and diverse mix of wireline, wireless, cable, and other technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Congress begins to discuss an infrastructure package, it\u2019s important that we treat different forms of technology equally in order to meet our communications needs,\u201d Latta added. \u201cIncreasing access to high-speed Internet is an economic and quality of life issue for rural communities across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The entire resolution can be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latta.house.gov\/UploadedFiles\/Tech_Neutral_Broadband_Resolution_-_LATTA_1.2018.pdf\">viewed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C.\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green), co-chair of the bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus, has introduced a resolution expressing a sense of the House of Representatives that any\u00a0infrastructure\u00a0legislation to promote broadband Internet access or communications facilities deployment must treat all broadband and communications\u00a0facilities\u00a0in a\u00a0competitively\u00a0and technologically neutral manner. Latta has previously advocated for the [&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-97429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 08:12:26","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\/97429","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=97429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}