SBA ASKS FOR FCC RURAL BROADBAND STRATEGY TO FUEL COMPETITION

摘要

The FCC's rural broadband strategy should remove roadblocks to competition, the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy said in comments on developing the commission's rural plan. The FCC was required by Congress in the 2008 farm act to create such a plan. "Despite the Recovery Act's funding, network access regulations, the FCC's special access pricing flexibility rules and other regulatory barriers will still remain," the SBA said. The office asked the FCC to align its rural plan with the national broadband plan it must develop under the Recovery Act.