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The Federal Government CAN Afford to Invest in Infrastructure

by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 16, 2016 | Uncategorized

One argument against federal funding to support special access and community broadband networks—or potentially any infrastructure project—is that the federal government “can’t afford it,” especially given the widely held belief that it should prioritize balancing the...

A “Public Infrastructure” Perspective on Special Access

by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized

As I discussed in an earlier post, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) recently released a paper by its Director of Research, Mark Cooper, which made the case that the FCC’s decision to deregulate special access in 1999 was premature and has resulted in...

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