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GTA continues potshots at rival IT&E
Monday, July 26th 2010, 9:37 AM ChST
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by Jason Salas
Guam - GTA TeleGuam continues to mount a compelling case against why rival telecommunications company IT&E should not receive federal funding. Citing a report by the FCC auditing national broadband deployment, GTA noted that not one part of Guam is seen as unserved, and thus the $88 million in stimulus funding sought by IT&E for local use is unnecessary.
That money, GTA claims, should be devoted to areas within the Micronesia region that are legitimately in need of such infrastructure - namely Saipan, Tinian and Rota.
GTA projects that the stimulus infusion would "tilt the competitive playing field in favor of one company and return Guam to pre-privatization days of high rates, slow innovation and poor service".