FCC’s misguided proposed regulation would widen digital divide

Aug 19

Editor’s Note: Ms Landrieu is correct, for more information, see Is the FCC Sacrificing America’s Minority Content Creators Along with Cybersecurity and Privacy?

From: The Hill

By Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.)

The Obama administration has done much to close the digital divide, which hits rural areas especially hard. That’s why it’s troubling to see the Federal Communications Commission pursuing a proposed regulation that would devastate broadband investment in rural America.

The FCC says its proposal for the business broadband market would foster competition. But by reducing the rates that providers of business broadband services can charge, the proposal would in fact discourage investment, particularly in rural areas. Without these crucial investments, rural America would find it much harder to build up fiber infrastructure and narrow the gap between our more connected cities and less populated regions.

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