Wi-Fi was a big topic of discussions in multiple institutions of our federal government on Friday. Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled a plan today that would put $2 billion in federal dollars to work building Wi-Fi is classrooms and public libraries. Meanwhile over on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senators Mark Rubio (R-Fla.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced a bill that could help open up new spectrum for Wi-Fi networks.

Wheeler is calling for new rules to the government’s E-Rate program, which was established 18 years ago to bring internet connectivity to schools and libraries. The program largely accomplished its mission, delivering broadband access to 94 percent of U.S. classrooms and 98 percent of public libraries, according to the FCC. But when the rules were originally written, they didn’t anticipate the wireless connections most devices would need to make that final hop to the internet.

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