Free Wireless Broadband on the Way?
The FCC disclosed Tuesday that its upcoming national broadband plan, to be unveiled March 16, will recommend that spectrum be set aside for a free or low-cost wireless broadband service.
The agency said the proposal, one of several to be presented to the commission and Congress, could help increase broadband adoption in the U.S., now at approximately 65 percent of households. While no details were provided on how widely available such service might be, the agency is particularly concerned that rural and inner-city areas are falling behind in Internet usage.
The agency buried the news of its proposal in a news release distributed at a summit on "digital inclusion" that it co-sponsored with the Knight Foundation. FCC regulator Mignon Clyburn slipped in a passing reference to the idea during the middle of her keynote at the event.
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