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FCC Report Claims the Broken Broadband Market Has Been Magically Fixed by Killing Net Neutrality
The FCC has released a new report falsely claiming that the agency's attack on net neutrality is already paying huge dividends when it comes to sector investment and competition.
Unfortunately for the FCC, the data the agency is relying on to "prove" this claim comes from before current FCC boss Ajit Pai even took office and doesn't remotely support that conclusion.
Under the Telecommunications Act, the FCC is required to issue annual reports on the state of broadband competition and deployment in the U.S. market. Should the FCC find that broadband isn't being deployed in a "reasonable and timely fashion," it's required to craft policies that address the problem.
Unfortunately, when the FCC is under the control of revolving door regulators loyal to industry, they have a tendency to massage the data to help suggest things are rosier than they actually are. After all, it's easier to justify apathy to a lack of sector competition if the FCC is able to massage data to suggest the problem doesn't exist.
Story at Motherboard [vice.com]
