FCC to Say Broadband Deployment Is Reasonable, Timely After 3-2 Vote
FCC commissioners voted this week to approve release of an annual Telecom Act Section 706 report finding advanced telecom is deployed in a reasonable and timely manner, officials told us Thursday. A report could be released as early as Friday,…
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with statements from each office, officials said. Chairman Ajit Pai circulated the report last month (see 2004150020). Commissioner Brendan Carr told reporters Thursday the report doesn't signal "mission accomplished" but is a measure of the pace of broadband deployment, which is reasonable. He was answering our question. Commissioner Mike O'Rielly also voted in favor, his office said. Democratic Commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Jessica Rosenworcel dissented, their offices told us.