{"id":3107,"date":"2020-09-15T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-call-on-fcc-chairman-to-expeditiously-address-the-digital-divide-in-indian-country-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:20","slug":"wyden-merkley-call-on-fcc-chairman-to-expeditiously-address-the-digital-divide-in-indian-country-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-call-on-fcc-chairman-to-expeditiously-address-the-digital-divide-in-indian-country-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden y Merkley piden al presidente de la FCC que aborde r\u00e1pidamente la brecha digital en el pa\u00eds indio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Washington DC - <\/i>Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley est\u00e1n pidiendo a los funcionarios federales que aceleren la conectividad de banda ancha a las comunidades nativas para mejorar el acceso a la telemedicina, la educaci\u00f3n en l\u00ednea, las oportunidades de teletrabajo y otros servicios cr\u00edticos en Oreg\u00f3n y en todo el pa\u00eds durante la pandemia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>\u201cNos preocupa que, bajo su liderazgo, la Comisi\u00f3n no haya hecho lo suficiente para cerrar la brecha digital en las tierras nativas, particularmente durante la actual emergencia nacional de salud por el COVID-19\u201d, <\/b>Wyden, Merkley y otros 12 senadores escribieron al presidente de la Comisi\u00f3n Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC), Ajit Pai.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cAhora m\u00e1s que nunca, los servicios de banda ancha son vitales para brindar y mantener los servicios comunitarios esenciales, lo que incluye garantizar que los miembros tengan acceso a la telemedicina, el aprendizaje virtual y las capacidades de teletrabajo.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cComo bien saben, la Comisi\u00f3n est\u00e1 obligada por ley a garantizar que todos los estadounidenses, incluidos los residentes ubicados en tierras nativas, tengan acceso a servicios de telecomunicaciones avanzados de manera &#039;razonable y oportuna&#039;\u201d.<\/b> escribieron los senadores.&nbsp;<b>\u201cLo instamos a que utilice su autoridad para tomar las siguientes medidas de inmediato en cumplimiento de la responsabilidad del fideicomiso federal y en reconocimiento del poder que el Congreso le confi\u00f3 a la Comisi\u00f3n para tomar las medidas necesarias para garantizar el servicio universal.<\/b>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cEstas acciones est\u00e1n dentro de su autoridad y se pueden tomar de inmediato para garantizar que estas comunidades tengan los recursos necesarios para manejar esta pandemia y evitar que estas comunidades se retrasen a\u00fan m\u00e1s\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b>ellos escribieron.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Seg\u00fan la FCC,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-357269A1.pdf\">menos de la mitad<\/a>&nbsp;de los hogares en tierras tribales tienen acceso al servicio de banda ancha fija. Esto representa una brecha de casi 27 puntos en comparaci\u00f3n con las \u00e1reas rurales no tribales. Esta brecha solo se ampl\u00eda cuando se compara con el promedio nacional. En 2018, la FCC estim\u00f3 que el 35 por ciento de los estadounidenses que viven en<\/p>\n<p>Las tierras tribales carec\u00edan de acceso a servicios de banda ancha, en comparaci\u00f3n con el ocho por ciento de todos los estadounidenses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de Wyden y Merkley, otros senadores que firman la carta son los senadores estadounidenses Tom Udall (DN.M.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii ), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), Krysten Sinema (D-Nev.), Jon Tester ( D-Mon.), Martin Heinrich (DN.M.) y Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).<\/p>\n<p>toda la carta es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomudall.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/FCC%20Emergency%20Actions%20for%20Tribal%20Broadband%20Letter%20-%20FINAL.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; U.S. Sens. 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