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NTIA, RUS Seek Comment on Broadband Opportunity Council

NTIA and the Rural Utilities Service sought comment by June 10 on the Broadband Opportunity Council's objectives, said a notice in Monday's Federal Register. It said the council's objectives are to engage with industry and other stakeholders to understand ways…

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the government can better support the needs of communities seeking to expand broadband access and adoption; identify regulatory barriers that unduly impede broadband deployment, adoption or competition; survey and report back on existing programs that support or could be modified to support broadband competition, deployment or adoption; and take all necessary actions to remove these barriers and realign existing programs to increase broadband competition, deployment and adoption.