EchoStar pushes coverage over speed - 2009-09-09 12:26:47 EDT | Broadcasting & Cable

Waxing poetic, EchoStar told the FCC that it should not "let the perfect become the enemy of the good." Translation: don't define broadband by speeds high enough to exclude satellite broadband, which can be deployed more rapidly to rural and other hard-to reach places.

It also said it has applied for stimulus money to launch a satellite broadband service that could make that a reality...