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It’s a matter of simple equality: Rural America deserves fair access to the same high-quality wireless telephone service that urban Americans take for granted. We are becoming a wireless nation – people everywhere depend on their cell phones to meet safety and business needs. Rural America must not be left behind.
Connecting Rural America is a grassroots coalition of advocacy groups, community leaders and elected officials working to see that rural citizens have access to the same high-quality service and choices in wireless telecommunications offerings that are available in urban areas.
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In the spring of 2008, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) capped the Universal Service Fund (USF), freezing federal support for rural wireless development.
The FCC is now considering proposals for “long-term reform” that are even worse than the cap. These proposals are bad for rural consumers and could result in a 50 percent cut in existing USF funding that is dedicated to building new cell towers. A 50 percent cut in funding will mean significantly fewer new and needed cell towers being constructed in rural America. |
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