Biden Broadband Plan Based on 'Persistent Myth:' USTelecom
The Joe Biden administration is "flat wrong" to suggest that broadband providers face little competition as justification for its proposed $100 billion investment in broadband infrastructure, blogged USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter Wednesday (see 2103310064). It's a "persistent myth" that policymakers…
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should "reject ... an otherwise historic commitment to universal connectivity," Spalter said. "Today’s broadband marketplace is ultra-competitive, defined by increasing speeds and lots of capacity, new providers and next-generation technologies like 5G.” The government should be "deepening its partnership with private broadband innovators," he said, "while lowering the barriers to deployment that saddle projects with red tape and wasteful delays."