Press Release
FCC Should Put Consumers First in Implementation of National Broadband Plan
Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838
Today, House Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) called on the FCC to take any necessary action to move forward with the national broadband plan after pending litigation has drawn into question the agency’s authority to implement key elements of the plan such as reform of the Universal Service Fund and numerous consumer protections.
"The Commission should take the steps it deems necessary to implement the plan to ensure that consumers are protected," said Rep. Waxman at an Oversight Hearing of The Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan by the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott made the following statement:
“We commend Chairman Waxman, he is absolutely correct. The FCC must put the needs of consumers first and ignore the ‘sky is falling’ claims of big ISPs like Verizon that are working to undermine the FCC’s authority to promote competition and protect consumers. Just because big corporate interests don’t like existing laws doesn’t mean that the FCC has no power to enforce them. We are at a pivotal moment in charting our nation’s digital future and repairing our international standing in broadband. The FCC must move forward to achieve its goal of universal affordable Internet access.”
"The Commission should take the steps it deems necessary to implement the plan to ensure that consumers are protected," said Rep. Waxman at an Oversight Hearing of The Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan by the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott made the following statement:
“We commend Chairman Waxman, he is absolutely correct. The FCC must put the needs of consumers first and ignore the ‘sky is falling’ claims of big ISPs like Verizon that are working to undermine the FCC’s authority to promote competition and protect consumers. Just because big corporate interests don’t like existing laws doesn’t mean that the FCC has no power to enforce them. We are at a pivotal moment in charting our nation’s digital future and repairing our international standing in broadband. The FCC must move forward to achieve its goal of universal affordable Internet access.”
