Fund That Subsidizes Internet for Schools Should Expand, a Senator Says - NYTimes.com

By EDWARD WYATT   Published: March 12, 2013

Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, a West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said that the fund should be used to create one-gigabit connections to every school in America — a speed that is 60 to 100 times faster than most schools or homes now receive — and wireless connections in every school building.