FCC chief finds new plan for high-speed Net access
Friday, May 7, 2010
The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that he thinks he has come up with a way to salvage his ambitious national broadband plans without running into legal obstacles that have threatened to derail him. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said his agency has found a compromise in how it regulates high-speed Internet access: It will apply only narrow regulations to broadband companies. The FCC chairman said this move will ensure that the agency has adequate authority to govern broadband providers without being too “heavy-handed.” The FCC needs that legal authority to carry out the sweeping national broadband plan that it released in March. Among other things, the plan is designed to give more Americans access to affordable high-speed ...
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Business, Pages 29 on 05/07/2010
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