Bell wants spectrum proceeds go to rural broadband; consolidation of various funds

SSi Micro says northern broadband won’t grow if everything is given to incumbents By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA - Last week, outgoing Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said a chunk of the United States’ historic C-band spectrum proceeds should go toward a fund intended to help bring basic telecommunications services to all Americans. North of the border, NDP Member of Parliament Brian Masse (and many others) has long been calling for spectrum proceeds to fund rural broadband investments -- even creating a proposal to connect the entirety of the country to universal objective speeds (50 Mbps download/10 Mbps upload) much...