Microsoft forms rural broadband advocacy group called Connect Americans Now

Microsoft announced today that it will be launching a coalition called Connect Americans Now (CAN) to advocate for the FCC to eliminate regulatory hurdles that the group says are standing in the way of more widespread rural broadband deployment.
In addition to Microsoft, the coalition’s members include The App Association, a software trade organization, and the National Rural Education Association.
Specifically, CAN wants the FCC to “ensure that there is sufficient unlicensed lo