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WIreless ISPs Highlight Their Needs in Letter to Trump

The Wireless ISP Association sent President-elect Donald Trump a letter Friday asking him to not ignore the problems faced by its members. WISPA told Trump that modernizing the Communications Act “to better reflect 21st Century communications technologies and business realities”…

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is important, as is “eliminating FCC regulations that disproportionately burden small broadband providers with compliance costs and enforcement risks, which chill investment, deter innovation, and raise costs to consumers.” WISPs also need more access to spectrum, their association said. “Given our cost-efficient technologies and business models, as well as our demonstrated ability to bring broadband to neglected markets without subsidies, we respectfully ask you to foster a policy environment that enables us to serve more American consumers in the most cost-effective manner possible.”