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FCC: Feds Should Have Restrained Role In Broadband

  • B&C, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:04 PM
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski says the government has a crucial but "restrained" role in the rollout of broadband, and should focus on solutions. In Senate Commerce Committee testimony, he said the government plan is fiscally prudent, including touting the billions in revenue that could come from opportunities for new spectrum auctions.

The FCC is looking to broadcasters to give up at least 120 MHz of spectrum for auctioning, whose estimated value is in the billions by itself. The chairman echoed his belief that broadband is the key to job growth and that the U.S. is lagging in key metrics. One found the U.S. was last among 40 countries in "the rate of change in innovative capacity."

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