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There is no one solution to addressing middle mile transport costs in rural areas. Commenters suggest explicitly encouraging middle-mile buildout, revising universal service funding to help cover costs of the middle-mile, and using current or potential infrastructure more effectively by coordinating with other infrastructure projects to shrink deployment costs, and reforming interconnection obligations. Others suggest that these facilities be offered at cost-based or favorable rates on nondiscriminatory terms and conditions.

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