The FCC’s year ahead “looks far more encouraging,” with the...
The FCC’s year ahead “looks far more encouraging,” with the commission taking on Universal Service Fund and spectrum policy overhauls, Commissioner Meredith Baker said Friday at the Free State Foundation conference. But there’s a risk that the net neutrality argument…
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will continue to be a millstone around commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s neck, she said. “I share the Chairman’s desire to get beyond net neutrality and focus on our collective priorities, but I fear that the decision in December was only a first step,” Baker said. “Parties are pushing to expand the scope of that decision into new markets and to erode the roadblocks built into the chairman’s approach for wireless, prioritization and managed services.” The FCC must take a “disciplined” approach to a spectrum revamp, she said. “If all we do is reallocate the easiest 500 megahertz to shift towards broadband, we have done future generations a disservice,” Baker said. “Unquestionably, we need more spectrum, but I want us to focus on getting the right spectrum, the right way, and not merely the easiest way.”