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FCC Seeks Comment on Clearwire Request To Discontinue VoIP in Certain Localities

The FCC Wireline Bureau is seeking comment on Clearwire's application to discontinue digital voice VoIP services in Chico and Redding, California, and Reno/Carson City, Nevada. Comments are due June 1, and the application will be granted automatically June 16 absent…

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FCC action halting it, said a bureau public notice on docket 15-117 in Monday's Daily Digest. Clearwire indicated its parent Sprint, as part of its 4G LTE upgrade, is shutting down the towers that support the Clearwire broadband service over which it provides the affected VoIP offering, which has only about 95 customers, the notice said. It said Clearwire reported that all the customers were notified and alternative voice services are available.