Sen. Lugar (R-Ind.) wrote FCC Chmn. Powell to urge the FCC to mor...
Sen. Lugar (R-Ind.) wrote FCC Chmn. Powell to urge the FCC to more quickly develop broadband policy that will encourage investment. Lugar said Ind. telecom companies were ready to deploy new technology but hesitant because of a uncertainty about…
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federal regulations. Lugar said universal deployment of broadband in Ind. would raise the state’s gross economic product by 8%. “I am concerned that the Federal Communications Commission may not be moving quickly enough in issuing workable rules for telephone companies to provide broadband services,” Lugar wrote. In the Feb. 13 letter, Lugar cited the positions of both the National Assn. of Mfrs. and the High Tech Broadband Coalition, which both support “minimal regulations” on broadband services, which Lugar said are already “highly competitive.”