Rockefeller warns FCC over direction of broadband plan - Nextgov

Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller has a blunt message for the Democratic-led FCC: Don't submit a national broadband plan to Congress early next year that's complicated, esoteric, filled with grandiose ideas and dependent on protracted rulemaking to implement.

"I want to see concrete action on the day the plan is delivered," Rockefeller said recently, referring to the blueprint ordered by Congress to extend broadband service to underserved and unserved areas, boost adoption among the 33 percent of citizens who choose not to subscribe and dramatically increase the speed and capacity of broadband networks...