Monday, Apr 9 2012 2:23PM
A bipartisan group composed of 44 state representatives and 21 senators signed letters to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski requesting the commission prevent proposed rule changes that could deny rural areas high-speed Internet.
A bipartisan group composed of 44 state representatives and 21 senators signed letters to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski requesting the commission prevent proposed rule changes that could deny rural areas high-speed Internet.
The letters support another request by a group of 19 senators, including Alaska's Mark Begich, which asked the FCC to rethink a proposal that could harm infrastructure investment.
The representatives and senators asked the FCC to exclude rural area Internet providers from the October 2011 proposal that would slow down broadband growth in rural areas.
“These letters to Chairman Genachowski demonstrate the clear support in Congress for ensuring that small, community-based telecommunications providers can continue to attract capital, make sound investments in sustainable broadband networks, and offer advanced services that create jobs and bring needed economic development to our nation’s rural communities," said Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of National Telecommunications Cooperative Association.
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The Hill