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Seven percent of US households and businesses lack basic broadband internet. The Biden administration plans to remedy that with $42 billion in federal broadband infrastructure grants. Bloomberg telecommunications reporter Todd Shields joins this episode to discuss how local governments will spend this money and what it will take to bridge the so-called digital divide. Christine Hallquist, executive director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, describes the challenges of bringing internet access to rural America.

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This episode was produced by: Supervising Producer: Vicki Vergolina, Senior Producer: Kathryn Fink, Sound Design/Engineer: Gilda Garcia.