100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say

Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan... by ChrisLomont on Thursday March 04, 2021 @04:15PM (#26348453)

> Imagine how good our network technology policy would be if the Senate weren't run by septagenarians and octogenarian.

The ages of the senators proposing this are 76 (Joe Manchin), 76 (Angus King), 65 (Rob Portman), and 56 (Michael Bennet). 3 of the 4 are older than the median Senator age.

None of the 4 are in the youngest 25%.

Image how good our opinions of the Senate would be if we based them in facts.

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Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan... by relaxing on Thursday March 04, 2021 @11:26PM (#26352687)

The comment was about who runs the senate, not the proposers.

Of the individuals you named, only Manchin has any chairmanships.

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Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan... by ChrisLomont on Friday March 05, 2021 @10:01AM (#26357532)

Nearly every single bill in Congress is introduced by non-chairmen, so this is an odd misdirection. Bills in both the entire session and in each subcommittee are voted on by members.

And again, this demonstrates that mocking old people as somehow the problem is factually unsupportable by the facts.

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Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan... by relaxing on Friday March 05, 2021 @11:01AM (#26358292)

Again, “runs the senate.”

The process of bringing a bill to vote in committee or in session is not nearly as democratic as you imagine.

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