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FCC want to unclog Internet [CNN]
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> FCC CHIEF WANTS TO UNTANGLE INTERNET CONGESTION
>
> January 30, 1998
> Web posted at: 6:59 p.m. EST (2359 GMT)
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's top telecommunications regulator
> wants to help ease the world wide wait on the Internet.
>
> Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard doesn't have
> a plan yet but said Friday that he intends to start looking into
> ways to give companies incentives to provide more high-speed
> connections into homes. That would help ease congestion on the
> Internet.
>
> "One issue that I'm particularly interested in is finding ways that
> we can foster more investment in high-capacity bandwidth. I believe
> that our nation will have an ever-increasing appetite for bandwidth
> -- for high capacity data transmission capabilities," he told
> reporters during a briefing on his top goals for the year.
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