Analysis of broadband affordability deemed “extraneous” by FCC chair.
The Federal Communications Commission is ditching Biden-era standards for measuring progress toward the goal of universal broadband deployment.
The changes will make it easier for the FCC to give the broadband industry a passing grade in an annual progress report. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s proposal would give the industry a thumbs-up even if it falls short of 100 percent deployment, eliminate a long-term goal of gigabit broadband speeds, and abandon a new effort to track the affordability of broadband.
Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act requires the FCC to determine whether broadband is being deployed “on a reasonable and timely basis” to all Americans. If the answer is no, the US law says the FCC must “take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market.”
All of these things were increasing under Biden. In fact child poverty went up during his administration. 😃
There was already an increase in the amount of measle cases reported in areas that have embraced non-vaccination attitudes.
Us climate Aid was already dead and not making any real changes to the global climate crisis.
I will grant that Trump’s complete gutting of the executive Administration a significantly worse than what we would have if a Democrat was President but it’s foolish to think that that any of these things would be much better if a Democrat was in the Oval Office