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Allocating the AWS 3 spectrum block for a free national broadband...

Allocating the AWS 3 spectrum block for a free national broadband plan would help the commission keep the cost of the Universal Service Fund under control, M2Z said in meetings with Wireline Bureau Chief Sharon Gillett, Wireless Bureau Chief…

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Ruth Milkman and other FCC officials. M2Z’s website says its mission is to provide free wireless broadband access to 95% of the U.S. population. M2Z “discussed several scenarios that show how the free broadband proposal could constrain the growth of the USF Low Income program should the Low Income program be expanded to cover broadband services,” M2Z said in an ex parte filing. “According to M2Z’s analysis, based on certain assumptions, the free broadband service proposal could potentially reduce the cost of an expanded Low Income broadband program by at least $1.8 billion annually.”