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It’s still unclear when Congress will move legislation regarding the National Broadband Plan, said speakers at an Advisory Committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus’ briefing Monday. Barbara Esbin of the Progress & Freedom Foundation said the plan is “extraordinarily detailed”…
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and it could cost the FCC more than it expected. The question is whether the commission should seek to reformulate the Communications Act before it proceeds, she said. Historically, such procedures take up to nine months, Esbin said, and due to many dockets still pending it’s impossible to set an exact time frame. Rick Cimerman, NCTA senior director of state telecommunications policy, said a record on pending dockets has already been built and a schedule is expected this week. Congress should deal with jurisdictional questions regarding the FCC’s authority to regulate the Internet, Esbin said. Seventy-six recommendations have already been sent to Congress, said Derek Turner of Free Press, but it’s still unclear whether they will be adopted. Michael Calabrese, vice president of the New America Foundation, said the federal chief technology officer “should shepherd the recommendations.”