Friday’s rural broadband order (CD July 14 p11)...

Friday’s rural broadband order (CD July 14 p11) was “another important step in modernizing the nation’s phone network,” said Benton Foundation Policy Director Amina Fazlullah in a statement (http://bit.ly/1nnYhwf). “As the public switched telephone network makes a complex transition to Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled networks, regulators must protect the nation’s core values to ensure the newest technologies benefit all Americans,” she said Friday. “Universal service, consumer protection, competition, and access to emergency services must be part of communications networks whether they be copper, fiber, or wireless. The FCC’s experiments to bring broadband to rural areas are needed."