Some US areas stymied by rules for Internet grants -Lawmakers - WSJ.com

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Lawmakers overseeing a $7.2 billion Internet grant and loan program said Thursday that regulators' criteria could disqualify some parts of the country from grant funding.

"Many communities are finding that the program is less helpful for them than we intended for it to be," said House Energy and Commerce Internet Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher, D-Va., at a hearing...