Telecom giant challenges FCC role in broadband

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: March 25, 2010 6:03:37 PM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Telecom giant challenges FCC role in broadband

Telecom giant challenges FCC role in broadband
Washington Post
By Cecilia Kang

One of the nation's biggest telecommunications providers urged the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday not 
to assert its authority over Internet services, a challenge that comes as the agency embarks on a 10-year effort to 
greatly expand broadband access across the country.

Verizon Communications said that the FCC's power over high-speed Internet services is "at best murky" and offered 
recommendations to Congress that could take away much of the agency's power.

Tom Tauke, Verizon's top lobbyist, urged lawmakers to rethink the way the government oversees broadband, arguing that 
the FCC should shift to more of an enforcement role -- like that of the Federal Trade Commission -- from its current 
status as a rule-making body.

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