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Phone bills are about to go up for some in Texas. Hereās why.
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The rate increase will help replenish a state fund to maintain and operate cellphone networks in rural Texas. A court determined the stateās Public Utility Commission needed to restore $200 million in overdue money to the fund.
Analysis: Texans without high-speed internet are getting closer, slowly
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Like other states, Texas found out during the pandemic how critical high-speed broadband is for school, work and medicine. And the state is working to expand it ā but itās going to be at least a year before Texans start to see results.
Beto OāRourke targets Gov. Greg Abbott for vetoing bill to improve internet access in rural Texas
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Abbott vetoed legislation in June that would have helped shore up the Universal Service Fund, which supports telecommunications in rural Texas. He said it would have āimposed a new fee on millions of Texans.ā