Universal service revenue should go to expand broadband services,...
Universal service revenue should go to expand broadband services, former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt said Thursday. Speaking on behalf of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign at a New America Foundation briefing, he unexpectedly had the floor to himself when…
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the technology adviser for Sen. John McCain’s campaign canceled. Hundt said the USF program needs to shift gears in line with new modes of communication. Spectrum policy would be a major focus in an Obama administration, he said. Obama has no position on whether to auction government-held spectrum, he said. Net neutrality rules also would be an Obama priority, he said. Hundt wouldn’t give a list of candidates for FCC chairman, but said he wouldn’t take the job again.