POLITICS HAMSTRINGS FCC, POWELL SAYS]

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] POLITICS HAMSTRINGS FCC, POWELL SAYS
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 05:59:42 -0800
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POLITICS HAMSTRINGS FCC, POWELL SAYS
[SOURCE: Rocky Mountain News, AUTHOR: Jeff Smith]

Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell said
Monday he believes Washington is more broken than it ever has been in
his lifetime because of "brutal partisanship." He described the FCC
as a "default wrestling pit." If Congress can't handle certain
communications issues, those issues and the major companies such as
Verizon, AT&T/SBC and Comcast come rolling down Capitol Hill to the
FCC in "mud waves." He said every meaningful decision takes years to
battle out. Powell is worried about regulators unnecessarily
intervening in new markets and said it is increasingly imperative for
them to personally use the new technologies to understand the trends.
He cautioned the FCC from getting involved in content management
rights, predicting those would devolve into a "scrum over values."

<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/other_business/article/
0,2777,DRMN_23916_4483038,00.html>

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