▲ 574 ▼ FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/news@lemmy.world 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] orcrist@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] omega_x3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago There are 4 people in the FCC that get to vote on policy, 2 democrats and 2 republican. The republican ones are just Comcast and att lobbyist. The democrats don't suck but can't do anything without a third vote. The president gets to appointment someone to be a tie breaker, but Biden didn't do it until after midterm so they no longer had the votes to get her approved, and by the time the current one gets through the next election will be happening so nothing will get done. If Biden wins another FCC voter will have to step down and wait for Biden to pick a replacement and Congress gets to approve or Biden losses and the republican appoints another lobbyist. So no nothing will be done. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] omega_x3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago There are 4 people in the FCC that get to vote on policy, 2 democrats and 2 republican. The republican ones are just Comcast and att lobbyist. The democrats don't suck but can't do anything without a third vote. The president gets to appointment someone to be a tie breaker, but Biden didn't do it until after midterm so they no longer had the votes to get her approved, and by the time the current one gets through the next election will be happening so nothing will get done. If Biden wins another FCC voter will have to step down and wait for Biden to pick a replacement and Congress gets to approve or Biden losses and the republican appoints another lobbyist. So no nothing will be done. permalink fedilink source parent