Thursday, June 09, 2005
Chairman LPF Martin
LPF stands for Level Playing Field, of course. I have not seen the transcript of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's Tuesday, June 7 appearance at SuperComm, but the reporting characterizes it as underwhelming. The Register's quotations from Chairman Martin read like this:
Martin had some things to say about the Bush "affordable broadband to everybody by 2007" Plan. He said,
"Establishing a regulatory environment that is conducive for . . . creating a level playing field for the various service provides out there" will be one of the "top priorities for the Commission going forward," he said during a question and answer session. And later, "I think the Commission needs to do all it can . . . to create a level playing field." And later, "I hope that people say I was fair in trying to address these issues - that we did try to make some progress in creating a level playing field."I'm still looking for a clue why Martin thinks the U.S. has "the best communications system in the world." (.doc)
Martin had some things to say about the Bush "affordable broadband to everybody by 2007" Plan. He said,
"Broadband technology has a real impact in almost every aspect of consumers' lives,"and
"It has a real impact on people in the way they can educate themselves and the way they are able to work."and
"It really has an impact on everything that will touch a consumer's life."and
"It has a real, positive impact directly on consumers."Yawn.
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