Posted on 11/05/2017 8:13:50 AM PST by Kaslin
Donald J. Trump spoke to rural voters in a way that launched him into the presidency. His soaring rhetoric and no-nonsense promises to stand up against corruption were exactly what his constituents voted for.
Say it aint so, but now, his own Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is pushing a rule that will hurt the very voters who put him in the White House. The swamp has overtaken the FCC and President Trumps Make America Great Again motto is in jeopardy.
Will the Trump Administration stand up to the big mobile carriers or will it cave just like every Administration before it?
Many Trump supporting rural voters are upset that they are going to get wronged by a new FCC rule that will make it harder for rural consumers and providers to receive broadband services. This idea is being pushed by lobbying interests with deep pockets for big corporate mobile carrier providers in a way that helps them buy up spectrum for the profitable urban areas to the detriment of rural areas. This is not what Trump supporting rural Americans voted for.
The FCC adopted a rule a few years ago that was intended to stimulate investment in rural broadband networks. These are now at risk after a 4 to 1 vote to redraft the rules at the behest of mobile carriers. It is a bit complicated, but the rules for 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum band has been changed at the urging and lobbying of the mobile industry that massive geographical areas known as PEAs, add an undefined renewal expectancy and extending license terms from 3 to 10 years. These three new changes hurt the small rural providers. These new proposed rules would benefit the large mobile carriers because it would preclude independent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from using this spectrum for rural areas.
The power lies in the current FCC Commissioners to do whats right by rural America. The Commissioners are Ajit Pai (Chairman), Mignon Clyburn, Michael OReilly, Brendan Carr and Jessica Rosenworcel. They should come together and make this rule more balanced between the needs of rural consumers and the big mobile carrier industry.
This is a battle between rural America versus the big corporate interests in the mobile carrier industry. There are about 23 million rural Americans who lack basic fixed broadband service in their homes. They are angry at the FCC decision on delaying the deployment of broadband in their rural communities to prioritizes the needs of the well-heeled mobile industry.These are the same core Trump supporters who the president will need if he wants a second term in office.
Trumps idea of draining the swamp was powerful imagery. The FCC is at the center of those croc-infested waters as the FCC has become a vehicle for special interests to get what they want. This valuable transfer of wealth from the little guys to the big mobile carriers is cronyism at its worst. The FCC should not be allowed to be used for competitive advantage.
The current rules dont need to be changed. The status quo is fair and existing rules are flexible enough to enable many different business models. small rural ISPs, National wire carriers, small mobile providers, industrial companies, universities, sports arenas, building managers and others are relying on the current rules. The FCC should not change them at all, and if they do the signal will be loud and clear...the Trump Administration has no intention of draining the swamp theyre just becoming part of it.
Trump supporting voters in rural areas are hoping and watching to see what Trump's FCC will do. This a fantastic opportunity for the Administration to step in and make sure that the swamp does not win again.
They are Steve Chapman
Debra J. Saunders
Jonah Goldberg
Mona Charen
Ben Shapiro
Linda Chavez
and Bernard Goldberg
Well that is actually seven in total.
OMG the horror
We have done that and it failed
If you think that $80 a month for a service with a 30 GB per month cap is "comparable to wireline" then your local wireline service must really, really suck.
One that lives in the county,....Which county?
I with we could hijack a few of the bandwidth container ships that service the rest of the developed world.....
Exede has a 25mb 150 GB cap for around $100 a month.
Please post a link if you have one. I don’t see anything higher than 50G.
The markets - all the telecom markets - were very different then.
You really are being silky
I can't link it thanks to cookies as it shows me as being a current customer. But I can give you the plan name which is "Unlimited Silver" with 25 Mps download speed. Actually it's Unlimited use with the slowdown Cap kicking in at 150GB. From what I'm seeing they changed their plans recently. I'm giving the info off my service contract. They do ask for Zip Code for determining plans and offers I think.
I’m ‘rural’ and have fiber optic to the house.
Buy all the ‘spectrum’ you want!!!
Att comes out with som e really good deal every now and then when combined with direct. Satellite the only tv we can get, so i have direct and att. The direct i got was 50 at 50% for 2 years, so i pay $25 a mo for 2 years
it is all driven from economics, I heard the same thing before the last bubble driven from the same policy.
What I hate about Charter/Spectrum are the stupid ads they have. They act like is if the costumers are stupid.
Several years ago they showed an ads where parents made their kids watch TV instead of playing games, or reading books, etc. I called our charter company and complained. It did not take long and they stopped the ad.
I’ll do you one better:
“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;....”
*NO* where in this section does it state Congress has any authority to create said bureaucracy, nor either to ‘deploy’, ‘invest’ or the like in any SERVICE, or utility....outside of forts, postal roads...
Debating the charter of an illegal\unconstitutional govt entity only loses you the argument from word one.
Well like in the sticks. How would I know.
We will certainly see how this shakes out over the next few months...
Ping.
I am amazed at some of the local ads our provider shows.
I’m on the eastern side of Indy and there are some ads for businesses around here; but there also some ads for way over in the western side of the state!
I wonder just who would decide to go to a dentist way over there from around here?!
I’m with you. Live in the country. Cable will never be here as cost is prohibitive. Too much land between houses and houses set way back off the road. My driveway is 1/4 mile long :) No way a cable company can make any money around here.
Like you, I have a hotspot. Mine’s with Straight Talk with AT&T as a cell provider. I lucked out as there is an AT&T cell tower about a mile from here, line of sight, etc.
ST charges $50 for 5GB of data. Reception is very good and very fast. Instantaneous in most cases. Recharging the hotspot takes a five minute phone call. I’m completely satisfied. My only wish is that ST would start an unlimited data service. That might be worth it.
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