Find Permanent Broadband Subsidy, MMTC Asks Rosenworcel

"Figure out how to fund a long term, permanent broadband subsidy" to assist low-income consumers, because the emergency broadband benefit program is a "temporary solution," the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council asked acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a filing said Tuesday in docket 20-445. MMTC supports allowing school districts to temporarily use E-rate funds for remote learning. It wants to ensure that "diverse suppliers have an opportunity to compete for downstream opportunities from auctions and appropriate transactions within the FCC's jurisdiction."