GNG News Guy
04-01-2008, 06:50 PM
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Given we have absolutely no broadband policy in this country (unless you think giving the nation's largest ISPs everything they lobby for is a policy), you can argue there's room for improvement. Columbia Law professor Tim Wu pens a column for Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2187740/pagenum/all/) where he proposes the creation of a broadband czar to get the ball rolling.He makes several additional suggestions, one of which is mirrored frequently by our users: staffing the FCC with people who actually have a firm grasp of technology.Once upon a time, actual experts were appointed to the commission. The first commission, in 1927, was, as historian Philip Rosen writes, "a remarkable group." It included a former admiral who was a naval radio expert, an inspector from the Commerce Department, an engineer and editor from McGraw-Hill, a practicing broadcaster with a Ph.D. in English, and a state Supreme Court judge. Today, none of these people would be considered for the job.
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Given we have absolutely no broadband policy in this country (unless you think giving the nation's largest ISPs everything they lobby for is a policy), you can argue there's room for improvement. Columbia Law professor Tim Wu pens a column for Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2187740/pagenum/all/) where he proposes the creation of a broadband czar to get the ball rolling.He makes several additional suggestions, one of which is mirrored frequently by our users: staffing the FCC with people who actually have a firm grasp of technology.Once upon a time, actual experts were appointed to the commission. The first commission, in 1927, was, as historian Philip Rosen writes, "a remarkable group." It included a former admiral who was a naval radio expert, an inspector from the Commerce Department, an engineer and editor from McGraw-Hill, a practicing broadcaster with a Ph.D. in English, and a state Supreme Court judge. Today, none of these people would be considered for the job.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Does-America-Need-a-Broadband-Czar-93198)