https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2018/db0124/DOC-348848A1.pdf
Point by point, my summary:
1. Bridging the digital divide. Government assistance, plus investigate
existing rules that may hamper progress. Seems like continuing on past efforts.
2. Promoting innovation and investment. Big phony BS. First in this list is his
cynical "restoring Internet freedom" (of 3-4 special interests to screw their
customers), zero rating (allowing local monopolies to eliminate competition
among web services), allowing companies to horn in on unlicensed spectrum
(LTE-U), to increase profits at the expense of popular techs such as WiFi, and
a list of far less meaningful measures, including ATSC 3.0, where the FCC is
actually doing absolutely nothing.
3. Protecting consumers. This in spite of what he claimed in #2. The gall. This
is exclusively about telephone service. Evidently, this dogmatic and
technically illiterate FCC hasn't understood yet that "telecom" is no longer
restricted to "voice telephony." The FCC allows telcos to block robocalls.
Whatever he thinks he's done, it's not working, FCC. Perhaps it's because
you're deliberately not doing your job here too? It could be a case of
believing deep down that nuisance calls are "innovative"?
4. Enhancing public safety. Can't go wrong listing this stuff, right? Hurricane
recovery, blue alerts, etc.
5. Transparency and process reforms. Mostly disingenuous crap. Imagine, for
instance "finding consensus" and "empowered commissioners." More examples of
saying one thing, while doing exactly the opposite. Is it just me, or does this
one Chairman spend more time spinning out disingenuous verbiage to toot his own
horn than past Chairmen? It seems the more people oppose his views, the more he
likes to pat himself on the back.
6. Cutting and modernizing outdated regulations. Examples go from "throwing out
the baby with the bathwater," to ho-hum who cares. For instance, eliminating
telecom neutrality guarantees, and calling this "restoring freedom," and
"revitalizing AM radio," are both totally disingenuous. The first is
detrimental to the vast majority of businesses and consumers, the second is a
big who cares. Or eliminating the main studio rule, which if anything, also
eliminates any pretense of "localism." Not that anyone really cares, but at
least he could quit lying about it.
High marks for spending more efforts on tooting his own horn, disingenuously,
than any past Chairman. Very low marks on any "reaching of consensus," or even
giving a damn about consensus.
Bert
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