House Lawmakers Critical of Frontline Wireless Plan

HOUSE LAWMAKERS CRITICAL OF FRONTLINE WIRELESS PLAN
[SOURCE: Multichannel News 7/2, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
A bipartisan group from the House Energy and Commerce Committee is calling on the Federal Communications Commission to reject a plan that would require a spectrum-auction winner to build a broad public-safety network, offer nothing but wholesale service and guarantee that the network complied with network-neutrality principles. “Let’s not mistake this proposal for what it is: yet another attempt to get valuable spectrum on the cheap,” the House group said in a June 29 letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin. The letter was signed by 16 lawmakers -- 12 Republicans and four Democrats. Leading Republicans on the letter were Reps. Joe Barton (Texas) and Fred Upton (Mich.). Prominent Democrats included Reps. Gene Green (Texas) and Charles Gonzalez (Texas).
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