Posted on 11/24/2016 2:46:48 AM PST by markomalley
A top advisor to Donald Trump on tech policy matters proposed all but abolishing the nation's telecom regulator last month, foreshadowing possible moves by the president-elect to sharply reduce the Federal Communications Commission's role as a consumer protection watchdog.
In an Oct. 21 blog post, Mark Jamison, who on Monday was named one of two members of Trump's tech policy transition team, laid out his ideal vision for the government's role in telecommunications, concluding there is little need for the agency to exist.
"Most of the original motivations for having an FCC have gone away," Jamison wrote. "Telecommunications network providers and [Internet service providers] are rarely, if ever, monopolies."
The FCC declined to comment for this story, but its current leadership has disagreed strongly with that analysis. Its Democratic chairman, Tom Wheeler, has spoken of an Internet service "duopoly" in much of the country that limits competition. And he has compared telecommunications to the rail and telegraph networks of the 19th century, calling for new rules of the road as the Internet becomes the dominant communications platform of the 21st century.
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We just need a 55 gallon barrel of Government Round-up!
I’ve said it until I am blue in the face.
Sell the spectrum and keep a skeleton crew to deal with those areas that are assigned to national security.
Please tell us why you think so?
Seems you HAM guys need a regulator for a tiny swath - let’s solve your issue and kill the world peace net neutrality monster too,
And amen. The FCC is staffed with greedy and evil democrat wolves.
This is a good idea.
FCC is only the beginning of draining the swamp. So many federal agencies that are sucking the taxpayers dollars right out of our pockets—they need to go. President Trump is the one man with the courage to say YOU”RE FIRED! to:
FCC
Legal Services Corporation
Dept of Homeland Security
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Education
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Job Corps
Dept of Transportation
and more
Wasn’t the FCC the one to push for a ‘fairness’ of radio content?
excellent list - and idea
Agree. The FCC should go.
Merry Thanksgiving to you and yours as well...... Stay Safe !
You Betcha!!
Actually, 79% of adult Americans listen to terrestrial radio. Still an important medium!
...and the DOE, and the DOEd, and the DOEnvironuts, and the DHS, and.....
...and the DOE, and the DOEd, and the DOEnvironuts, and the DHS, and.....
When the Fairness Doctrine was being applied against people from the 1930’s to the 1970’s, the notion of abolition of the FCC came into vogue.
Radio preacher Dr. Carl McIntire, who’s radio station was shut down on Fairness Doctrine grounds in the early 1970’s, said the FCC should be abolished in favor of an organization with a very limited mandate.
In the case of radio and television, the notion was to have an organization that made sure no one interfered with someone else’s broadcasting signal and otherwise leave the broadcasters alone.
Halting its overreach would be a good idea - but total abolishment, no. Certain things like keeping stations within boundaries so someone else can’t just set up shop next door and overtake your assigned frequency is an essential and positive purpose it serves. Some of the recent internet regulations, however...not so much...maybe these comments are a warning to cut things like that out.
Excellent.
ROFL!! Hardly likely with this neighbor, but if it were true I'd be asking for some "free samples" rather than complaining!
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