Post Awb0bAa1mrLyUKm9UO by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #Awb0bAa1mrLyUKm9UO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-28T15:15:38Z
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The #FCC is ditching #Biden-era standards for measuring progress toward the goal of universal #broadband deployment.Making it easier for the FCC to give the industry a passing grade in an annual progress report. #Trump FCC Chair Brendan Carr's proposal would give the industry a thumbs-up even if it falls short of 100% deployment, eliminate a long-term goal of gigabit broadband speeds, & abandon a new effort to track the #affordability of broadband.#DigitalDivide https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/fcc-to-eliminate-gigabit-speed-goal-and-scrap-analysis-of-broadband-prices/
(DIR) Post #Awb0pRVLeuSh26OPZ2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-28T15:18:11Z
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ยง706 of the #Telecommunications Act requires the #FCC to determine whether #broadband is being deployed "on a reasonable & timely basis" to all Americans. If the answer is no, the #US #law says the FCC must "take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to #infrastructure investment & by promoting competition in the telecommunications market."#DigitalDivide #Elitism #Classism #AccessInequity #ServiceInquality #EconomicDisparity #EconomicInequity
(DIR) Post #Awb198WzuYHHynYT9U by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-28T15:21:46Z
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Generally, #Democratic-led commissions have found that the industry isn't doing enough to make #broadband universally available, while #Republican-led commissions have found the opposite. Democratic-led commissions have also periodically increased the speeds used to determine whether advanced #telecommunications capabilities are widely available, while Republican-led commissioners have kept speed standards the same.#FCC #law #DigitalDivide #Elitism #Classism #AccessInequity #EconomicInequity
(DIR) Post #Awb1FpLfd8nqVqRmc4 by per_sonne@ciberlandia.pt
2025-07-28T15:22:56Z
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@Nonilex China is laughing all the way to the bank right now.
(DIR) Post #Awb1KuMcPXjFW0JUK8 by davesdogmaggie@mstdn.social
2025-07-28T15:23:51Z
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@Nonilex Republicans: Because Corporations are People, too.
(DIR) Post #Awb1MCsH4gaLDLjtlw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-28T15:24:08Z
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Carr's proposal, which was released on Thursday & is scheduled for a vote on August 7, criticized the previous administration's approach. Carr intends to focus the next #FCC inquiry on the statute's "is being deployed" phrase rather than looking at whether broadband has already been deployed. Carr's proposal said: [pic]#law #DigitalDivide #Classism #Elitism #Telecommunications #AccessInequity #ServiceInquality #EconomicDisparity #EconomicInequity #SocialDiscrimination