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Business Coalition Seeks FCC Action on Broadband Deployment

A coalition of business organizations asked the FCC to "act quickly to address and correct barriers to broadband deployment," in a letter Wednesday. The commission should "ensure fair allocation of costs between pole owners and attachers," said the National Asian/Pacific…

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Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship, National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce, the Latino Coalition, U.S. Black Chambers and U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. They asked that utility pole access "does not become a bottleneck to delivering much needed broadband to households and businesses with the greatest need." The groups also sought more efforts to increase adoption "for families and small businesses to thrive in today’s economy."