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1. Thune Announces $3.38 Million Rural Development Loan - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   May 09, 2006

   Agriculture has approved a loan for 3 382 000 to RC Technologies Corporation in New Effington to expand broadband access in South Dakota and Minnesota This is great news for RC Technologies and for the areas it...economies and attracting new businesses Broadband technology will allow RC Technologies Corporation customers to do business all over the world The Rural Development Broadband Access loan program was authorized...authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill to make loans to improve broadband services to communities with a population of 20 000 or less This loan will improve service in five counties in South Dakota and one in Minnesota...

2. Thune: Farm Bill Conference Report Finalized - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   May 08, 2008

   Reserve Program CRP Rural Development Improves the Rural Utilities Service Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee Program to deploy broadband internet service to rural America provides 120 million in funding for...

3. Thune Named Co-Chairman of Congressional Internet Caucus - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   April 21, 2009

   excited for the opportunity to work in a bipartisan way to expand Internet access particularly broadband access in South Dakota and in other rural and underserved areas The Internet has afforded us many...

4. Thune Comments on Internet Regulation Decision - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   May 11, 2010

   new regulations on the Internet under Title II of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 Expanding broadband access to underserved areas like rural parts of South Dakota is an important goal and the successful...from faster more affordable broadband in the future said Thune However Chairman Genacowski s recent decision to pursue net neutrality regulations by reclassifying broadband under a new set of government...government regulations has the potential to paralyze investment in broadband deployment which has become a leading capital investment industry in the United States Title II regulation was never intended for the...

5. Thune: Internet Regulation Decision will Hurt Investment in Rural Markets - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   June 18, 2010

   Thune The Commission s renewed effort to hamstring broadband providers could have a chilling effect on investments to expand and improve rural broadband markets like South Dakota This would negatively affect...under current rules However nothing in the recent court decision requires the FCC to reclassify broadband under Title II of the Communications Act The Commission will accept public comments until July 15...yesterday s decision noted that the FCC has authority to carry out the rural broadband provisions of the National Broadband Plan without the harmful regulations of Title II reclassification saying We have...

6. New FCC Internet Regulations to Expand Government Reach, Job-Killing Agenda - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   December 01, 2010

   Communications Commission s FCC announcement to pursue broadband network neutrality regulations that would limit effective network management and jeopardize new broadband deployment during their upcoming December 21st...no evidence of systemic broadband market failure and the FCC s proposed Internet regulations will only create more uncertainty for broadband providers which will deter broadband deployment and cost jobs...

7. Thune Opposes Government Control of the Internet - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   December 21, 2010

   network neutrality regulations that would limit effective network management and jeopardize new broadband deployment The FCC s decision to adopt controversial regulation of the Internet is yet another example...This unnecessary and unwarranted Internet regulation will discourage investment and innovation in broadband services especially in rural areas Today s decision by the FCC will create uncertainty for consumers...

8. Committee Assignments Good News for South Dakota - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   January 28, 2011

   other transportation issues and interstate commerce Specifically as the Senate continues to debate broadband policies including the Federal Communication Commission s controversial network neutrality proposal...

9. Thune Cosponsors Resolution to Repeal Internet Regulations - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
   February 16, 2011

   pushed for increased government control over the Internet said Thune The FCC s intrusion in the broadband industry will discourage investment and innovation in rural states like South Dakota ultimately...

10. Thune Calls For More Spectrum, Update of Communications Laws - Press Releases - U.S. Senator John Thune
    March 12, 2013

    powered in large part by the huge investments made by the broadband industry There is enormous potential for job creation and innovation in the broadband Internet and technology sectors and this potential may...may be most evident in the area of mobile broadband According to a recent Cisco report mobile data traffic in the U S grew 62 percent last year and by 2017 there will be a 13 fold increase worldwide By...By one estimate the nation s mobile broadband industry directly or indirectly supports 3 8 million jobs contributing more than 195 billion to the U S gross domestic product and driving 33 billion in productivity...