Next Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission in Washington will start taking bids to auction off television spectrum to wireless phone companies.
That spectrum could allow wireless providers to offer cell phones that do much of what hardwired broadband connections do now.
In the meantime, Fairpoint Communications officials have promised New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont regulators that if they take over Verizon’s traditional phone service, they’ll extend the reach of its broadband coverage.
But it’s an open question whether this strategy will succeed given the future direction of wireless phone service.
New Hampshire Public Radio’ David Darman has more.
