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Updated: 2:30 PM Mar 15, 2010
Sweeping overhaul in U.S broadband policy
Communications regulators on Tuesday will unveil a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy.
Posted: 2:20 PM Mar 15, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Communications regulators on Tuesday will
unveil a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their
aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all
Americans and make access much faster for people who already have
broadband.
Yet it's not certain the Federal Communications Commission can
find the funding, corporate support and legal clearance to carry
out the entire vision of the plan.
Already, broadcasters oppose one key element of the proposal.
That would seek to reclaim some airwaves now in the hands of TV
stations and instead sell some of those frequencies to companies
that deliver wireless Internet access. And the FCC also will be
trying yet again to reform a program that subsidizes telephone
service in poor and rural areas.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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