FCC 'Defining Digital Down' in Broadband Inquiry, Wireless Report, Wheeler Says
The FCC is moving to "define down" what's acceptable for broadband networks and wireless competition (see 1709260045 and here), blogged former Chairman Tom Wheeler for the Brookings Institution. "By quietly altering the measuring sticks, the Trump FCC is 'Defining Digital…
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Down' to reset the definition of acceptable behavior by the companies that control America’s networks," Wheeler wrote Monday. "Instead of working to build the best possible future for Americans, the agency’s new definitions lower expectations, declare victory where there is none, and set the stage for anti-consumer consolidation." Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel recently objected to the possibility the FCC could, in effect, lower its benchmark through its inquiry into the state of broadband-like advanced telecom capability deployment pursuant to a Telecom Act Section 706 mandate (see 1709200042).