This week, federal regulators unleashed yet another telecommunications decision that will slow down progress, costing American jobs and economic growth. Technology’s mantra of “faster, better, smaller and cheaper” is constantly running up against a bureaucratic mantra of “slower, mediocre, fumbling and expensive.” In its fourth try in eight years to write lawful telecommunications rules, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again endorsed micromanagement and price controls.
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Just Another Day in FCC Land
Posted by: Sonia Arrison December 17, 2004 05:00 AMThis week, federal regulators unleashed yet another telecommunications decision that will slow down progress, costing American jobs and economic growth. Technology’s mantra of “faster, better, smaller and cheaper” is constantly running up against a bureaucratic mantra of “slower, mediocre, fumbling and expensive.” In its fourth try in eight years to write lawful telecommunications rules, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has once again endorsed micromanagement and price controls.