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FCC Confirms Plan to Further Downgrade Rural America, Widen Digital Divide
May 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Public Knowledge issued the following news release:

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission announced that the agency will consider a Second Report and Order on "Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment" to further eliminate consumer protections previously adopted by the Commission to ensure phone carriers provided notice and access to replacement services when discontinuing legacy services.

The Commission's draft order el . . .

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