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These are state laws, the Presidential election has nothing to do with this.
by pc86 2y ago
These are state laws, the Presidential election has nothing to do with this.
- helf 2y ago[dead]
- tzs 2y agoCongress could do it, either directly or by granting more authority to the FCC.
- SoftTalker 2y agoDoes the FCC have authority over fiber and cable? That's not using any public airwaves/broadcast bandwidth.
- plussed_reader 2y agoYes, see National Interest.
- hn_acker 2y agoYes, the FCC has authority over fiber and cable. Skim the amended Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S. Code § 151 - Purposes of chapter; Federal Communications Commission created [1]): > For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so as to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges... [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/151 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/151
- plussed_reader 2y agoYes, the 50 state solution is inefficient. Your point?
- plussed_reader 2y agoYes, the 50 state solution is inefficient. Thank you for confirming my point.
- sangnoir 2y agoThe FCC and FTC have a huge say on this. See the scandal with bulk-loaded, astroturfed public comments on broadband under the former Trump-appointed FCC chair. The FCC determines what broadband is, and which companies get federal government subsidies for it. Federal subsidies > state subsidies.