Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has asked the federal government for more time to challenge...
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, shown speaking during the 2022 Republican Party of Texas Convention in June, has asked the federal government for more time to challenge the accuracy of a nationwide map that purports to show household-level information about who lacks access to reliable, high-speed internet.More than $42 billion of federal funding for high-speed internet hinges on a map that state and local leaders say is “clearly” flawed.
In a recent letter to the FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Hegar — who oversees the state’s broadband development office — asked the federal government to postpone the deadline to challenge the broadband map by 60 days and to delay the scheduled release of the final map by another 60 days, until July 14 of next year.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2.8 million Texas households lack broadband access. While a disproportionate number of those are in rural areas, where a low population density dissuades private companies from setting up broadband infrastructure, parts of San Antonio are also home to low levels of broadband internet access. As a result, the overall percentage of San Antonio households with a broadband internet subscription from 2017 to 2021 — 84.8 percent — lags the statewide average of 86.
“How can I go online to challenge the map if I don’t have access to the map?” said Lonnie Hunt, executive director of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments and a longtime advocate for rural internet infrastructure. “Once again, it’s kind of an example where the people who need it the most are least equipped to challenge it.”
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