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Joe Manchin: “As you move forward with MFII, we ask that your efforts help to incent wireless carriers to preserve, upgrade, and…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2017
As you move forward with MFII, we ask that your efforts help to incent wireless carriers to preserve, upgrade, and expand mobile broadband in rural America, rather than degrade and reduce competition in areas that need it most.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Senator Manchin urges the FCC to support rural mobile broadband expansion.

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