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Illinois House Communications Members Praise FCC for CAF II Broadband Funding

House Communications Subcommittee members Reps. Adam Kinzinger and John Shimkus, both R-Ill., and two other GOP members of the state's House delegation lauded the FCC Monday for allocating more than $26 million of its latest round of funding from last…

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year's USF Connect America Fund Phase II auction for rural broadband projects in Illinois. The FCC announced a total of $112 million in CAF II broadband funding last week (see 1909120037). “The gap in broadband services across the state of Illinois is stark and needs to be addressed,” Kinzinger said. The others praising the funding for Illinois were Rodney Davis and Darin LaHood.