FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski spoke recently at a conference on broadband coverage in our country, explaining how the agency expects to comply with the Congressional mandate in the stimulus legislation to report by next February how best to make internet service available to every American. Behind him was a huge monitor displaying real time Twitter "tweets" from the audience members responding to his remarks. One audience member wrote, unnoticed by Genachowski, that "It would have taken the government until 2025 to have created Twitter."
During a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week ranking member Congressman Cliff Sterns asked whether deeper FCC involvement in internet expansion is really a good idea. FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell echoed those sentiments during a break in the hearing. "I think we should proceed with caution, McDowell said, "There's a potential for good, but there's also a potential for government micromanagement." Amen.
During a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week ranking member Congressman Cliff Sterns asked whether deeper FCC involvement in internet expansion is really a good idea. FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell echoed those sentiments during a break in the hearing. "I think we should proceed with caution, McDowell said, "There's a potential for good, but there's also a potential for government micromanagement." Amen.
