re Levin hints at Broadband Plan

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
> Date: December 26, 2009 10:10:05 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Levin hints at Broadband Plan

> Alas, the disturbing thing about the interview, from my point of  
> view as an independent wireless ISP, is that it suggests that the  
> government will pick winners and losers among both technologies and  
> among service providers and will give little attention to fostering  
> competition -- especially competitors which are not large,  
> politically powerful corporations.
>
> So far, both in the interview and in the FCC's monthly meetings, the  
> Broadband Plan team has mentioned providing spectrum only for mobile  
> providers, leaving fixed wireless providers -- whose service is the  
> most cost-effective way to reach unserved and underserved areas --  
> to wither on the vine. What's more, it has not proposed any changes  
> to the current auction regime, which could not have been designed  
> better to hobble competition and disadvantage small businesses and  
> new entrants?
>
> How would YOU like it if the government told you that it was going  
> to disadvantage and perhaps destroy the business you'd worked on  
> building for 18 years, cutting it off from vital inputs because...  
> well, for no good reason; just because!
>
> --Brett Glass



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