Broadband industry group: Rules go too far

July 02, 2009 Government guidelines to spend $4 billion to expand broadband access to underserved areas across the U.S. may go beyond current laws, a broadband industry group said Thursday. McCormick said the rules, which were released Wednesday by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Commerce, may lead to uncertainty and even delay President Barack Obama's plans to revive the U.S. economy with job creation, partly, through the telecommunications industry. The funds are part of a $7.2 billion program to build an affordable high-speed Internet structure in rural areas.

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