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Alaska Plan Needs To Include Affordable Terrestrial Middle-Mile Service, Alaska Communications Says

Alaska Communications Services Group doesn't support the entire Consensus Alaska Plan as proposed by Alaska Telecommunications Association, said Alaska Communications in an FCC filing posted Wednesday in docket 10-90. The plan doesn't address the need for adequate and affordable terrestrial…

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middle-mile service that is needed to reach universal service reform, Alaska Communications said. The company submitted its own proposal called "Closing the middle mile gap in Alaska: A proposed plan of action for all of Alaska." It said that "allows the commission to fulfill its statutory duty to ensure that all Americans, including Alaskans, have access to reasonably comparable, affordable, advanced broadband capability."