The FCC created a Connect America Fund program in 2011 to facilitate high-speed Internet access in a high-cost area by transitioning Universal Service Fund money which was supporting rural landline service to the build out of broadband infrastructure to rural communities.
The FCC created the Connect America Fund program in 2011 to facilitate high-speed Internet access in high-cost locations by transitioning Universal Service Fund money that was supporting rural landline service to the build-out of broadband infrastructure in rural communities.