Free Press Blasts FCC for Asking Questions Already Answered
Free Press, February 8, 2011
The FCC's February meeting agenda finally makes it clear that Chairman Genachowski's oft-repeated mantra of running a 'data-driven' agency is nothing more than an empty slogan that he's unwilling to back up with actual policy. It is stunning that on the same day the FCC is proposing to hand over billions to industry to build broadband networks, it is still asking whether it's a good idea for the agency to collect basic data about where broadband is deployed and how much it costs.
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