Wanted: A national broadband plan that works : Comcast voices | The Official Comcast Blog
June 5, 2009
Last winter, Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) to develop a “national broadband plan” to be submitted to Congress by next February. In April, the FCC issued what it calls a “Notice of Inquiry” posing over 200 questions that it believes are relevant to developing a plan, and it asked the public to comment. The first round of comments is due at the FCC this Monday.
The Acting Chairman of the FCC, Michael Copps, has said that the FCC “has never, I believe, received a more serious charge” from Congress than the legislation directing the Commission to develop this plan. That’s probably not an overstatement. Done right and comprehensively, a national broadband plan should help Americans get the full benefits that broadband has to offer — not just news and entertainment, but education, health care, energy savings, the convenience of telecommuting, and much more...
Last winter, Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) to develop a “national broadband plan” to be submitted to Congress by next February. In April, the FCC issued what it calls a “Notice of Inquiry” posing over 200 questions that it believes are relevant to developing a plan, and it asked the public to comment. The first round of comments is due at the FCC this Monday.
The Acting Chairman of the FCC, Michael Copps, has said that the FCC “has never, I believe, received a more serious charge” from Congress than the legislation directing the Commission to develop this plan. That’s probably not an overstatement. Done right and comprehensively, a national broadband plan should help Americans get the full benefits that broadband has to offer — not just news and entertainment, but education, health care, energy savings, the convenience of telecommuting, and much more...
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