The FCC is in the process of collecting thousands of comments from industry, state and local governments, and nonprofits about the national broadband plan that the agency will be creating over the next eight months. Telecom giants such as AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are emphasizing the massive investments from private sector in offering Internet to the nation, and they all agree that more needs to be done. AT&T has outlined a four-point plan for the U.S. to reach 100% broadband access and adoption by February 2014, saying it wanted an Internet that was “universal, open, private and safe.” AT&T has also stated that private investment should still drive the effort to reach that 100%, and that proposals that do not “directly further” those two goals should not be considered.
Verizon has stated in its written comments that “intrusive new regulations” would stifle sustained private-sector investments in the future. David Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast, said in a recent blog that he hopes the FCC will “avoid the extreme in favor of the practical.”
For more information see:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/278835-AT_T_Wants_100_Broadband_Access_by_2014.php
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090608-711675.html?mod=dist_smartbrief
Telco Heavyweights Comment on National Broadband Plan
The FCC is in the process of collecting thousands of comments from industry, state and local governments, and nonprofits about the national broadband plan that the agency will be creating over the next eight months. Telecom giants such as AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast are emphasizing the massive investments from private sector in offering Internet to the nation, and they all agree that more needs to be done. AT&T has outlined a four-point plan for the U.S. to reach 100% broadband access and adoption by February 2014, saying it wanted an Internet that was “universal, open, private and safe.” AT&T has also stated that private investment should still drive the effort to reach that 100%, and that proposals that do not “directly further” those two goals should not be considered.
Verizon has stated in its written comments that “intrusive new regulations” would stifle sustained private-sector investments in the future. David Cohen, executive vice president of Comcast, said in a recent blog that he hopes the FCC will “avoid the extreme in favor of the practical.”
For more information see:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/278835-AT_T_Wants_100_Broadband_Access_by_2014.php
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090608-711675.html?mod=dist_smartbrief