Call for Extension of 2.5 GHz Tribal Window Gets Broad Support
Dozens supported a proposal the FCC extend the Aug. 3 2.5 GHz rural tribal priority application window deadline (see 2007220021). The agency “declared broadband is needed ‘for every facet of daily life,’” the groups said in a filing posted Thursday…
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in docket 18-120: “However, less than half of housing units on rural Tribal lands have access to broadband. … Unfortunately, approximately 80% of eligible Tribes will not be able to take advantage of this spectrum unless the FCC extends the deadline.” Access Humboldt, Access Now, the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, Common Cause, First Nations Development Institute, Free Press, Incompas, Internet Society, Media Alliance, Mobile Beacon, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition, National Tribal Telecommunications Association and United Church of Christ were among signers.