Cost of expanded broadband service could reach $350B - Nextgov

FCC officials finally have a cost estimate for accomplishing the goal of extending high-speed Internet technology to all Americans: $20 billion to $350 billion.

But with only a few months to go before the agency presents a sweeping national broadband plan to Congress, questions remain about how much money ultimately would be needed, whether government funding would be sought and if the private sector is willing to invest billions of dollars on a federal initiative...