Analysis of broadband affordability deemed “extraneous” by FCC chair.

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.”

  • @[email protected]English
    2•8 days ago

    failed on government option of health care

    That was Obama who promised this, not Biden

    failed on overall student loan forgiveness

    Because he isn’t a dictator. The GOP supreme court killed it. Because the GOP had a majority. And they had a majority because Ralph Nadar voters threw Bush the election in 2000.

    and a failure to use the broad powers the supreme court just granted that office

    Could be.

    prosecute trump

    Agree 100% on this. FUCK!!!

    failed to address rising prices

    This is simplistic. The US actually had a lower inflation rate than most 1st world countries did.

    failed to leave a marked impact on the everyday lives of Americans

    He reduced ACA premiums for everyone using that insurance. He increased tax credits for all Americans with dependents.

    • @[email protected]
      1•8 days ago

      Biden govt health option https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-202-biden-public-option-health-insurance/amp/

      Right the president’s not supposed to be a dictator so it would have been helpful to get some of those rulings on the books before Trump became president. How do you get there by utilizing the power that the Supreme Court gave to Biden.

      Yes the US does have one of the lowest inflation rates from 2020 completely ignores purchasing power of the average person in the United States compared to those in the rest of the world.

      The ACA is a Band-Aid and while lowering premiums is a good thing he didn’t exactly lower them past the point of their increase in inflation. Trump did do the tax credit thing Biden just continued it and Trump is continuing it again.