Liberty/GCI Is Good Time to Revisit Alaska Plan Commitments, State Rep. Says
Liberty's proposed buy of General Communications Inc. is an opportunity to review GCI's commitments under the Alaska plan and consider how they might be revised, Alaska state Rep. David Guttenberg (D) said in a letter posted Monday in FCC docket…
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17-114. He said Alaska's plan for broadband-oriented USF support to fixed and mobile providers approved in 2016 (see 1608310067) doesn't do enough to expand access "to reliable, reasonably priced broadband services," and multiple remote communities still have no access to mobile cellular service. GCI didn't comment.