<div dir="ltr">More in the continuing strategy of expanding poor connectivity for the poor. We can do better with smart policies.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Christopher Mitchell<br>Director, Community Broadband Networks<br>Institute for Local Self-Reliance<div><br><a href="http://www.muninetworks.org" target="_blank">http://www.muninetworks.org</a><br><div>@communitynets</div><div>612-276-3456 x209</div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Richard Lowenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rl@1st-mile.org" target="_blank">rl@1st-mile.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">AT&T has made a commitment to provide $10/mo service to the poor, as part of FCC support of their acquisition of DirectTV.<br>
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Bill Callahan wrote a post about it that quotes the FCC order:<br>
<a href="http://connectyourcommunity.org/under-fcc-pressure-att-promises-10-broadband-for-poor/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://connectyourcommunity.org/under-fcc-pressure-att-promises-10-broadband-for-poor/</a><br>
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