Carr's proposal, which was released on Thursday & is scheduled for a vote on August 7, criticized the previous administration's approach. Carr intends to focus the next #FCC inquiry on the statute's "is being deployed" phrase rather than looking at whether broadband has already been deployed. Carr's proposal said: [pic]

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Generally, #Democratic-led commissions have found that the industry isn't doing enough to make #broadband universally available, while #Republican-led commissions have found the opposite. Democratic-led commissions have also periodically increased the speeds used to determine whether advanced #telecommunications capabilities are widely available, while Republican-led commissioners have kept speed standards the same.

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§706 of the #Telecommunications Act requires the #FCC to determine whether #broadband is being deployed "on a reasonable & 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 & by promoting competition in the telecommunications market."

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