{"id":433955,"date":"2010-03-16T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techdirt.com\/articles\/20100315\/2305158574.shtml"},"modified":"2010-03-16T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T14:32:00","slug":"want-to-know-how-meaningless-the-fccs-broadband-plan-is-no-one-is-upset-by-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/433955","title":{"rendered":"Want To Know How Meaningless The FCC’s Broadband Plan Is? No One Is Upset By It"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was lots of press coverage about the FCC’s broadband plan on Monday, as the commission released an exec summary of its nearly 400-page plan for broadband in the US. If you want to wade through the details, it’s all there online for you<\/a>. But, if you want a basic summary, it appears that, like pretty much everything this FCC is doing, it’s a lot of talk and little of consequence. So far, I’ve seen statements from lobbyists on pretty much all sides of the issues “commending” or “applauding” or “supporting” the FCC. And that’s because there’s basically nothing controversial<\/i> and nothing big<\/i> at all in the plan. It appears to try to thread the needle and keep everyone happy — and in doing so, it appears to punt on the all-important questions<\/a>. If it was really about making the necessary changes, key players would be up in arms. But they’re not. <\/p>\n

The report pays lip service to greater competition and talks about getting better data and about making better use of wireless spectrum. Well, duh. But it takes no bold steps — does nothing to really take control out of the hands of the incumbent telco providers — just as we originally expected<\/a>, even if really disruptive, but necessary, ideas<\/a> were considered, they don’t appear in the final plan.<\/p>\n

In the end, it’s the kind of plan you put forward if you’re being political and don’t want to make waves. It’s not the plan you put forward if you’re making a bold leadership statement about how to really expand broadband in this country. Too bad.<\/p>\n

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