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Satellite Broadband Important for CAF Phase II, ViaSat Says

ViaSat discussed Phase II of the Connect America Fund (CAF) with Jonathan Chambers, chief, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis; Diane Cornell, special counsel to Chairman Tom Wheeler; and Daniel Alvarez, legal adviser to the chairman, on Thursday, ViaSat…

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said in an ex parte notice posted at the FCC Monday in docket 10-90. Satellite-delivered broadband should play a “significant role” in the commission’s CAF structuring, ViaSat said. ViaSat’s satellite broadband services will be able to meet technology-neutral standards that the commission might establish “as a condition to being eligible to receive support,” it said.