FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deployment. Telecoms Are Mad

Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by appleskeptic on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:41AM (#38305069)

Yes, they'd be totally in their rights to tell ISPs exactly where to spend the money, but that's not what's happening here. Here, they're telling the ISPs they have to set up an affirmative action regime or else they'll be punished.

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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by riversflow on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:12AM (#38305515)

> tell ISPs exactly where to spend the money

Thats what they are doing though.

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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by llbeansandrice on Friday November 17, 2023 @12:38PM (#38306983)

You're mad they're being given more freedom on resource distribution? They can either tell the ISPs _exactly_ where to spend the money, or they can tell the ISPs to do some more due diligence about disparate impact and more equitably distribute the money. The FCC is doing the 2nd.

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Re:FCC Is Trying to Stop Discrimination in Broadband Deploym... by velcrovan on Saturday November 18, 2023 @09:25AM (#38319951)

Yes, the ISPs HAVE ACCEPTED MONEY to set up an affirmative action regime. If they don’t deliver on something they have promised to do in exchange for taxpayer money already received they should be heavily, heavily punished.

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