Wicker, Manchin Pleased With Mobility Fund Proposal Advancing
Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., lauded the FCC’s announcement Thursday that changes to the USF Mobility Fund will be considered at the commission’s Nov. 17 meeting (see 1610270054). “This is the right move for Americans living in…
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rural areas,” said Wicker, chairman of the Communications Subcommittee. “People should have access to high-speed mobile wireless service no matter where they live.” Manchin said the proposal is “an important step towards delivering that access to some of the hardest areas in rural communities to serve.” He and Wicker sent the FCC a letter on the topic earlier this year (see 1607110051).