[1st-mile-nm] 1st-mile-nm Digest, Vol 125, Issue 3, Topic ​1: FCC Chairman Pai's Speech

[T.L.Thomas]

I'll try this one more time, since
I'm not sure why the list server
appears to have munged my (simple
text) posting.  If it fails again,
I won't spam the list further,
and sorry about it.  (?)

- TLT


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Hi.  I am not a domain expert but have wanted to
try to understand where things are headed with
the FCC.  So I took the time to outline the
mentioned document for myself.  I am sharing
this for others who also don't have the time to
dig deeply into it now.  I did not dig that deeply
and probably missed some very important points,
but it was a start for myself.

Please add missed important points...!

- TLT


OUTLINE - Seeming key points...

"I'd like to outline some of my guiding principles
as Chairman, and then discuss some specific
proposals we will pursue.

1) "First, I believe in the power of Internet-based
technologies to create jobs, grow our economy, and
improve people's lives in countless ways.

   "Broadband can level the playing field.

2) "My second core principle:  I believe that every
American who wants to participate in our digital
economy should be able to. Access to digital
opportunity shouldn't depend on who you are or
where you're from.

3) "My third guiding principle is that a competitive
free market is crucial to unleashing
private-sector ingenuity.

4) "Fourth and finally, I believe that a healthy
respect for the free market doesn't mean that
government has no role. For example, the FCC must
protect consumers and promote public safety. And
it will be critical for the agency to be proactive
in freeing up more wireless spectrum to allow
consumers to benefit from the next generation of
wireless services, known as 5G.


"How we plan to translate these principles into
policies to promote infrastructure and innovation...

"I'll start with infrastructure. The FCC has tools
it can use to help close the digital divide: We
can modernize our regulations, we can direct
subsidies, and we can ask elected officials to
change the law.

"Second, Congress should include in the
infrastructure bill my proposal for creating
Gigabit Opportunity Zones. This proposal was at
the core of the Digital Empowerment Agenda I
introduced last September in Cincinnati.

"The idea is to update Jack Kemp's vision for
enterprise zones for the digital age. Under my
proposal, we would provide tax incentives for
Internet service providers (ISPs) to deploy
high-speed broadband services in low-income
neighborhoods.  We would require local governments
to make it easy for ISPs to deploy these
networks. And we would offer tax incentives for
startups of all kinds to take advantage of these
networks and create jobs in these areas.


"Smarter regulations, modernized subsidies,
updating the law - those are some of the ways
we'll work to close the digital divide."
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