Rosenworcel: Fixed Wireless Driving Broadband Competition
FCC Chairwoman says 'a lot of households are signing up.'

FCC Chairwoman says 'a lot of households are signing up.'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2024 - Internet delivered by fixed wireless access providers has its critics, but Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is not one of them.
Rosenworcel noted in a wide-ranging interview with the San Francisco Examiner that the emergence of fixed-wireless broadband is providing significant competitive pressure on incumbent broadband providers.
"(...) The emergence of fixed-wireless systems, I think, is providing some real competitive pressure on a lot of incumbent broadband providers today," Rosenworcel said
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