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Verizon won't speed up 5G buildout despite FCC preempting local fees
Verizon Wireless says it will not move faster on building its 5G cellular network despite a Federal Communications Commission decision that erased $2 billion dollars' worth of fees for the purpose of spurring faster 5G deployment.
The FCC's controversial decision last month angered both large and small municipalities because it limits the amount they can charge carriers for deployment of wireless equipment such as small cells on public rights-of-way. The FCC decision also limits the kinds of aesthetic requirements cities and towns can impose on carrier deployments and forces cities and towns to act on carrier applications within 60 or 90 days.Ajit Pai slams cities and towns as FCC erases $2 billion in local fees
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai justified the decision by saying it would speed up 5G deployment, and he slammed local governments for "extracting as much money as possible in fees from the private sector and forcing companies to navigate a maze of regulatory hurdles in order to deploy wireless infrastructure."
But in an earnings call last week, Verizon CFO Matt Ellis told investors that the FCC decision won't have any effect on the speed of its 5G deployment. Verizon also said that it is reducing overall capital expenditures—despite a variety of FCC decisions, including the net neutrality repeal, that the FCC claimed would increase broadband network investment. (Verizon posted a transcript of the earnings call here.)
An analyst asked Ellis if the FCC order would "change the sort of internal targets you have for the rollout of the small cell and 5G infrastructure and possibly allow you to go a little faster as you look out to 2019 and 2020."
Ellis responded that the FCC decision "doesn't necessarily increase the velocity that we see." Verizon is "going as fast as we can" already, he said.
Also at ExtremeTech
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05 2018, @04:02PM (3 children)
Ajit Pai isn't a US Citizen and never has been. He's a foreign agent. How is he even working for government, let alone in a top slot position?
This isn't some Obama birther crap, Ajit was neither born nor raised here. He went to law school here on our dime after his parents brought him here illegally, then went on to work here as a scum sucking lawyer.
Is there some particular reason we haven't deported his ass yet?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05 2018, @04:47PM (1 child)
Ajit Pai was born on January 10, 1973, in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Parsons, Kansas.
(Score: 1, Troll) by NewNic on Monday November 05 2018, @06:46PM
But were his parents citizens at the time? Or does his citizenship depend on birthright citizenship?
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 05 2018, @06:47PM
The other AC answered you regarding Pai's citizenship. I'd like to mention that citizenship isn't even a requirement for most government positions. The Pres has to be a "natural born" citizen. Other positions require citizenship, but many positions have no such requirement.
How many non-citizens have enlisted in the US armed forces? Back in my day, it was mostly Filipinos, with a generous sprinkling of Mexicans, and on odd European and Caribbean. Today, those demographics have changed, but there are still plenty of those "furriners" serving in the military.