USDA sued over broadband loan program | CNET News.com
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A rural cable provider filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, insisting it reform a low-interest loan program created by Congress to bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas.

Mediacom Communications, a cable operator serving mostly rural communities, and the Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association (ICTA) filed the suit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

The suit accuses the USDA of offering a loan to a small service provider called Lisco, which plans to build a fiber-to-the-home network in Fairfield, Iowa, a town of about 10,000 people that is already served by two other broadband providers