Monday, March 23, 2015

Obama administration reaches goal to provide LTE to 98 percent of Americans


Improving the state of broadband internet in the US has been a part of the President Obama's platform for some time, and now that the presidency is in its later years, the administration wants to take stock of the advancements it has made.


In an announcement today, the administration officially announced that over 98 percent of Americans now have access to LTE service. Verizon Wireless has advertised for over a year that it covers precisely that many Americans with LTE, but now the government officially approves of that figure, according to the latest data from the Commerce Department. Back in 2011, when President Obama first announced that milestone as one of the administration's goals, the nation's largest carrier provided LTE to just...


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