Clinton Telecom Aide Floats Broadband, Spectrum Ideas for Trump
The recent meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and tech executives (see 1612140060) is hopefully “the beginning of a new chapter” for Trump on telecom policy, said Sara Solow, who advised Trump’s Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton on telecom issues, in an…
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opinion piece published Saturday by Wired. She cited several recommendations for Trump, based on what Clinton proposed over the past year of campaigning. “We should settle for nothing less than universal, high-speed broadband for every household,” said Solow. “To ensure people can get online through free wifi, we should replicate and extend programs like e-rate, which was successful at hooking up public schools and libraries to the internet, to places like train stations, recreation centers, and airports. And the next administration should do what it can through spectrum-allocation policies and public investments to help foster the evolution from 4G to 5G wireless and other next-generation systems.” Trump should embrace the FCC net neutrality rules and not undo them, she said.