Grange cheers streamlining of 5G deployment

Wednesday morning, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr announced that the Commission will vote on a plan to speed next-generation wireless network (5G) deployment by streamlining the environmental and historic review processes. National Grange President Betsy Huber issued the following statement about Commissioner Carr’s announcement:

We at the National Grange thank Commissioner Carr for his important effort to help wireless Internet in America to be available to more people, and to be the best network in the world. Our rural communities, and the farmers and ranchers that play such a crucial role within them, deserve to be connected to all of the opportunities the Internet can provide. And they deserve to be connected using a robust and affordable network. Remote healthcare, new wireless sensors on farming equipment, educational access and opportunity—these are the promises that 5G technology holds and why the Grange has been so passionate about advocating for the speedy rollout of high-speed wireless Internet. We are encouraged by Commissioner Carr’s plan to accelerate deployment and reduce wasteful regulatory review costs for the small wireless devices that are powering 5G and propelling rural communities to a bright future.