Incompas Says FCC 'Failure to Fix' BDS Market Threatens Infrastructure Goals
Incompas lamented the FCC's inability to update business data service regulation, as it responded to news that Chairman Ajit Pai had pulled a draft BDS order circulated by previous Chairman Tom Wheeler (see 1701280001). “Failure to fix the broken business…
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broadband marketplace has saddled America with consolidation, not competition, and poses a serious threat to infrastructure goals necessary to putting America first in the race for faster, more affordable networks of the future," CEO Chip Pickering said in a statement Monday. “Without real broadband choice, business customers -- including hotels, schools, hospitals and libraries -- will remain trapped by monopoly rents. We must stop forcing businesses to pay more for slower speeds, and start encouraging competition that will unleash billions in new private network investment and create new jobs. ... We hope the FCC will re-engage and not let business broadband competition and the 5G future slip away.” Other stakeholders we queried declined to comment.