FCC Chmn. Powell praised Mich. political leaders for making Mich....
FCC Chmn. Powell praised Mich. political leaders for making Mich. “truly a visionary state” in removing barriers that have slowed broadband deployment. Powell, speaking at May 9 Mich. Information Technology Summit in Detroit, said slow pace of broadband deployment…
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had been like cork holding back national economy. He urged lawmakers and regulators everywhere to “remove the cork imposed by outdated regulations and a host of other deployment problems.” Powell also said broadband couldn’t be regulated in same way as other communications services because technology was unique and still evolving. He said issue wasn’t more regulation or less, “it’s applying the right regulation.” Following Powell, Mich. Gov. John Engler (R) said his administration’s broadband and information technology policies were intended to put state “on the fast lane to the future.” He said broadband development was crucial to accomplishing major policy goals such as promoting state as good place for IT industry to locate and providing more govt. services to public via Internet. Engler said this year’s new laws to establish online cybercourt for settling business disputes and to remove local obstacles to broadband deployment were key steps for state. Ultimately, he said, broadband development “is about the future of your business and your ability to work and to provide for your family.”