Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Verizon, T-Mobile file proposals for broadband plan

June 09, 2009

Verizon Communications and T-Mobile USA have submitted proposals for the national broadband plan called for by Congress and President Barack Obama.

The comments are part of the FCC’s effort to meet its February 17, 2010, deadline to create the plan, which allocates $7.2 billion of the president’s $800 billion stimulus bill to extend broadband coverage to every U.S. resident, especially in underserved rural areas...