FCC considers plan to bridge the broadband divide

FCC considers plan to bridge the broadband divide

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Subsidized broadband access may soon become available to the poor. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler shared a plan today with fellow FCC commissioners that would ensure more Americans have fast internet connections. Karen Mossberger is professor and director of the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. The former UIC professor is still researching digital inequalities in Chicago and she joins us with more on the FCC’s plan.