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The recent trend at the FCC to fund...

The recent trend at the FCC to fund “pilot projects” makes it “essential” that every pilot project have an “established and confirmed end date,” Commissioner Mike O'Rielly said in a blog post Thursday (http://fcc.us/1i5VJVj). “I don’t doubt that an occasional…

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pilot project may be of assistance, but I worry they can divert time and effort away from fixing or improving existing programs,” O'Rielly wrote. “We must keep in mind that these projects all come from scarce consumer-provided dollars.” O'Rielly included a chart showing that more than half a billion dollars has been allocated for pilot projects since 2006.