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Analysis of broadband affordability deemed "extraneous" by FCC chair.

The Federal Communications Commission is ditching Biden-era standards for measuring progress toward the goal of universal broadband deployment.

The changes will make it easier for the FCC to give the broadband industry a passing grade in an annual progress report. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's proposal would give the industry a thumbs-up even if it falls short of 100 percent deployment, eliminate a long-term goal of gigabit broadband speeds, and abandon a new effort to track the affordability of broadband.

Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act requires the FCC to determine whether broadband is being deployed "on a reasonable and timely basis" to all Americans. If the answer is no, the US law says the FCC must "take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market."

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 57 points 2 days ago (6 children)

10 years from now USA is gonna be a 3rd world country with all these cuts.

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Trump was always obsessed with "shit hole countries". Now he's turning the US into one of them.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He wants us to be exactly like Russia. Complete shithole company run by the oligarchy, who live lavish luxury lives.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Rich people hate equality because that means they need to share.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Certainly seems that way.

No regulations to support a reasonable standard of living for the peasants.

Oligarchs mooching off everyone else.

Americans have lost so much in the last few months, not only with the bullshit spending bill but just the erosion of the rule of law and the democratic process.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not even gonna take 10 years. By the end of Spray Tan's term the country is gonna be a complete toilet.

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 5 points 2 days ago

Assuming he doesn't find a way to stay in office indefinitely.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

It's already a 3rd world country, has been for some time now.

[–] susurrus0@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

From Europe it has already looked like a 3rd world country for at least a few years.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish someone would look up what "3rd World" means and stop conflating the unaligned movement with poverty.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You should look up how many people in the US are under the poverty line.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I don't think that was what they were saying. They were bemoaning the fact that "3rd world" has become a synonym for "developing" or "poor" when technically it means countries that weren't part of the cold war, although I think they might be tilting at windmills given it's a distinction that's been lost for at least three decades already.

Apart from anything else, even if you keep its original meaning, it still works as a metaphor in the sense of a country losing superpower status.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

it’s a distinction that’s been lost for at least three decades already.

The consequences of Cold War politics echo through to the modern day.

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Ya, the term "3rd world" has since become synonymous with poor or developing countries.

It's not a correct or accurate term, but it's still used.

[–] ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

We always have been a 3rd world country