It’s important to stand up against Title II...
It’s important to stand up against Title II reclassification of broadband now, said House Communications Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, on an episode of NTCA’s Broadband Beat With Shirley Bloomfield (http://bit.ly/1yOJvbq): “We want to have that marker placed right…
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now.” He introduced a bill earlier this year that would prevent that from happening. Latta co-chairs the Rural Telecommunications Working Group. On rural call completion, Latta said his district encompasses a lot of agriculture and manufacturing: “We're spread out. What I was hearing from folks is these calls were getting dropped, this was hurting business.” He told of family members who struggled to get in touch with each other. Latta said he has met with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler on this issue, and said Wheeler is appreciative of Latta’s focus because it “keeps the heat on to keep these things going.”