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FCC Chairman Dreams of Free Mobile Internet for All Americans

by Darren Murph on August 21, 2008 at 01:20 PM

Just over a year ago, we were all making bitter beer faces at FCC chairman Kevin Martin for not going along with a delightful sounding "free Internet" plan. Now, it seems the main man's tune has changed. During a recent interview, Martin stated that there was a "social obligation in making sure everybody could participate in the next generation of broadband services because, increasingly, that's what people want."

He's reportedly looking to attach a free mobile broadband requirement to the AWS-3 spectrum that's set to be auctioned next year, which would require the winner to allocate 25% for gratis access. 'Course, we wouldn't get our hopes us for this to actually go down like it surely is playing out in your mind just now, but we won't fault you for dreamin'. [From: USAToday via phonescoop]

Tags: 3g, 4g, aws, AWS-3, FCC, internet, kevin martin, KevinMartin, lte, mobile broadband, mobile internet, MobileBroadband, MobileInternet, spectrum, wimax

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