Important Role - FCC Chairman
Friend and colleague David Isenberg had this to say
Don't reconfirm FCC Chairman Martinchairmanship, U.S. Internet connectivity has fallen ever further behind the rest of the world. U.S. citizens pay more for less Internet connectivity than most developed nations
Now that Democrats control both houses of Congress, netheads have a somewhat better (but hardly ironclad) likelihood that their issues will see daylight. My top suggestion for 2007 Congressional action is . . .
. . . fire FCC Chairman Kevin Martin!
Martin's appointment to a second term as FCC Commissioner is pending Senate confirmation. I like Kevin; he's personable, he's articulate, he understands the issues in deep detail. But he shouldn't be confirmed.
Martin has not championed the Internet or its future; he seems intent on strengthening the old telco business model. Under his leader
I couldn't agree more strongly. While Martin seems genuine, likeable and articulate, he seems tied to the past. We don't need technological leaders guiding the way into the dark ages, and Martin is one who, while he talks a good game, shows by his leadership that he's mired in the past. He shouldn't be confirmed. It's time for change at the FCC. Badly needed change. This was one of my questions for presidential candidates the last election cycle and remains a question for this round. What will a presidential candidate do to recreate and reshape the disfunctional quagmire that the FCC has become?
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