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The FCC ought to make sure it gets the most “'bang...

The FCC ought to make sure it gets the most “'bang for the buck'” from any Universal Service Fund support of broadband pilot projects, the NCTA said. “To do this, the Commission should give preference to Lifeline pilot proposals that…

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do not conflict with existing broadband initiatives focused on low-income populations.” The agency has said “unconstrained growth” of USF hurts consumers, so it “must make every effort to use support in the most efficient manner possible,” an association executive reported telling a Wireline Bureau official. An ex parte filing was posted Wednesday to docket 11-42 (http://xrl.us/bmpv5z). Commissioners are set to vote Jan. 31 on a order about controlling the size of the Lifeline fund (CD Jan 25 p1).