DOJ: more spectrum for wireless = more competitive Internet

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The Department of Justice says the best way to encourage broadband competition is to make many more licenses available for wireless use. “Given the potential of wireless services to reach underserved areas and to provide an alternative to wireline broadband providers in other areas, the Commission’s primary tool for promoting broadband competition should be freeing up spectrum,” the DOJ wrote to the FCC on Monday. Spectrum scarcity is the “fundamental problem” that the agency must tackle in order to help companies like Clearwire, T-Mobile, and Sprint offer high speed Internet comparable to land line Internet.