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Biden Names Jessica Rosenworcel Acting FCC Chair (engadget.com) 102

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President Joe Biden has named Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC's leading Democrat, as acting FCC chairwoman. She is replacing Ajit Pai, who concluded his four years as chairman yesterday. Engadget reports: Rosenworcel is known as defender of net neutrality policies, and as an advocate for closing the "homework gap," a reference to students who lack high-speed internet at home. As acting chair, Rosenworcel will lead the FCC until the Senate confirms a permanent replacement. With Pai's departure, there's currently one spot open at the FCC for Biden to fill.
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Biden Names Jessica Rosenworcel Acting FCC Chair

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  • No opinion on the appointment, but (Score:4, Funny)

    by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 ) on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:39PM (#60975818)

    I'm guessing the person who picked the photo on the linked story doesn't like Ms. Rosenworcel.

    Seriously, was that the only photo they could find?

  • I think everyone should have access to broadband, but when I hear someone utter a phrase like "homework gap" I immediately assume they're using "please think of the children" as an excuse to do something very bad. Still, it's better than the last guy; "Won't someone PLEASE think about Verizon?"

    • I think everyone should have access to broadband, but when I hear someone utter a phrase like "homework gap" I immediately assume they're using "please think of the children" as an excuse to do something very bad. Still, it's better than the last guy; "Won't someone PLEASE think about Verizon?"

      The FCC could deal with net neutrality and the "homework gap" in one fell swoop by encouraging publicly owned fiber networks, along the lines of cities like Chattanooga. But I wonder if Biden's administration would

      • by encouraging publicly owned fiber networks

        Sorry, but that would go way against the big corporate sponsors that have paid for Biden [opensecrets.org]. (1 million for Biden alone, 600k for the DNC, and 2.5 million for the Democratic Senate Majority PAC).

        No way is Biden going to be "embracing" anything that would displease the large ISPs.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Zak3056 ( 69287 )

        It's a little more complicated than publicly owned. East TN has more and more communities building networks similar to Chattanooga's, and like Chattanooga, they are all owned by the electrical utility. Electrical utilities around here tend to be co-ops, so the networks are more or less "owned" by the rate payers, but they are NOT owned by "the public" at large.

        I do agree with you that this would be a fantastic use of USF money (which doesn't seem to be in play, at least with my local utility... any grant

    • "homework gap" translation: "Need more money for Democratic Party constituencies".

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Anonymous Coward

        Well, yes. 70% of all black children have only a mother, they have no fathers. It's the largest single factor in black crime, black poverty, black drug addiction, and poor black education. Since the Democratic Party supports single mother rights, and not father's rights or traditional families, it's unsurprising the single black mothers and their families flock to the Democrats. And it's their kids who have the toughest time keeping a laptop working or replacing a broken one.

        It's not racist if it's a factua

        • "It's not racist if it's a factual observation of behavior"

          Alas, the same people who rightly mock Trump for denying the facts are quite happy to ignore the facts when they don't support "positive" discrimination.

    • Re:Very unsuspicious (Score:4, Insightful)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 ) on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:06AM (#60977658) Homepage Journal

      That's unfortunate. People trying to do something about education, a service that aside from anything else is vital to the future of your country, get hit with this kind of Pavlovian response.

      If recent events have taught us anything it's that an uneducated electorate is not an ideal state of affairs.

    • I do not know if others have used the term but it is a concern. As homework becomes more digital what happens if some of the children cannot afford the minimum required.

  • Wait, what? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by damn_registrars ( 1103043 ) <damn.registrars@gmail.com> on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:49PM (#60975864) Homepage Journal
    As stated in the summary:

    Ajit Pai, who concluded his four years as chairman yesterday

    I was rather astonished to find there was someone who had a governmental role of even marginal consequence under Trump who actually stayed in that role for 4 years. The only other example I can think of was Ben Carson, but he apparently was there to tell us that any homeowner could run HUD.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by jbengt ( 874751 )

      The only other example I can think of was Ben Carson, but he apparently was there to tell us that any homeowner could run HUD.

      I thought he was there to take a nap.

    • Ajit was a Obama nomination. There were lots of roles that Trump did not replace immediately. This was a mistake on his part, but the business strategy he went with. If they were doing their job he did not seek an alternate. Unfortunately, there are a lot of partisan elements and he should have replaced them. It is government after all. I doubt Biden will do the same and will install as many loyalists as he can.

    • I was rather astonished to find there was someone who had a governmental role of even marginal consequence under Trump who actually stayed in that role for 4 years.

      What is ironic is that prior to Trump, everyone pretty much universally agreed the incompetent bureaucrats should be sacked if they aren't performing. Trump came along and did exactly that but now he's the devil?

      • There is a difference between being competent in your work and being competent in butt-kissing.

        Failure in the latter is what got you kicked out by Trump.

      • I was rather astonished to find there was someone who had a governmental role of even marginal consequence under Trump who actually stayed in that role for 4 years.

        What is ironic is that prior to Trump, everyone pretty much universally agreed the incompetent bureaucrats should be sacked if they aren't performing. Trump came along and did exactly that but now he's the devil?

        You have a very different perspective on Trump's cabinet than I. While FCC Chair is not a cabinet level position, we did see lots of cabinet level positions - and other Trump appointments - that were turned over very quickly over the past 4 years. More to the point though I can't think of any people who Trump appointed and then canned for incompetence, while I can think of plenty who he fired because he didn't like their words or actions. This was the only administration in memory where a key "competenc

        • ...for an appointment from Trump was to be willing to tell the president what he wants to hear. This is pretty much completely the opposite of what cabinet members are supposed to do.

          How many Cabinet meetings did you personally attend? Or is this your version of events from CNN?

          • The cabinet exists to give advice to the president. They should be advising the president on topics he/she is not an expert on. Under Trump the role was inverted, Trump was dictating to the cabinet what they were supposed to do and he was firing those who did not do that. What is the purpose of a cabinet if you are not accepting their expertise or their advice?

            • The cabinet exists to give advice to the president. They should be advising the president on topics he/she is not an expert on. Sure, and that happened. The difference is the a business person operates completely differently from a bureaucrat. So saying he did things different is a positive for a lot of people.

              Trump was dictating to the cabinet what they were supposed to do and he was firing those who did not do that

              And you know this from your intimate dealings from personally being within cabinet meetings? Or is this the CNN narrative that aligns with what you want to believe?
              Trump was an outsider, so of course they all hated him and did everything to undermine him. What I find odd is that pre-Trump most people universally despised career politicians, now somehow they think they're good people? Give it another 12 months, people will be asking for an outsider again...

              • You could actually try listening to what Trump and his spokespeople themselves said about why various advisers were fired over the years. You could also read the bios of the people he appointed, and try to find how many of them were actually reasonably well qualified for the positions they were appointed to.

                Trump was an outsider, so of course they all hated him and did everything to undermine him

                Considering how often he was schmoozing with politicians before even the first time he announced he was considering running (back in 2012), the outsider label is debatable at best. His best argument fo

                • You could actually try listening to what Trump and his spokespeople themselves said about why various advisers were fired over the years.

                  Got a quote? I'll tell you about my last boss who fired me, that will give you a completely reliable unbiased version of events...
                  Also, the world is shaped by unreasonable men. Claiming someone was unreasonable isn't really a criticism on it's own.

                  No previous POTUS ever had that degree of undying love from any sector of the media

                  Hahaha, I remember when SNL actually sang To Sir with Love to Obama. This comment is ridiculous. Every media outlet has bias to their team, you really think your team is always right, the other team are the crazy ones? Did it ever occur to you that the other team

                  • You could actually try listening to what Trump and his spokespeople themselves said about why various advisers were fired over the years.

                    Got a quote?

                    Considering how much you have twisted and contorted to defend Trump I would expect you have saved copies of his tweets. He fired several cabinet members by tweet; feel free to read what he said about them when he showed them the door.

                    Also, the world is shaped by unreasonable men. Claiming someone was unreasonable isn't really a criticism on it's own.

                    Trump isn't just unreasonable. Trump is an idiot. He proved it over and over again. Most topical to this is in the fact that he was afraid to bring in cabinet members who were more knowledgeable on topical matters than he was, so he instead brought in people who either ha

                    • feel free to read what he said about them

                      So that's a no then....

                      No person of even moderate intelligence would ever consider building such a cabinet.

                      No true Scotsman eh...

                      You do realize there are more than two people at SNL

                      You said it didn't happen, I gave you an example.

                      How can you possibly take in objective information if you approach all news sources in that way?

                      You're saying how can I be objective when I don't swallow subjective information all the time? Here's a famous quote from years ago, "if you don't watch the news you are uninformed, if you do watch it you are misinformed".
                      Thinking that your chosen news channel is the only good one is insane. This applies to all sides.

                      I didn't say you're crazy; you're putting words in my mouth. I did say Trump is an idiot, but that is a provable fact. You can think I'm crazy because I use actual facts in my argument, but that doesn't in any way help support your claim.

                      Well you've clearly conflated fact with opinion here. No wonder you are so easily led by the media

                    • No person of even moderate intelligence would ever consider building such a cabinet.

                      No true Scotsman eh...

                      That is not even close to how No True Scotsman works. I recommend you read up on it [yourlogicalfallacyis.com] before you allow yourself to make that mistake again in the future.

                      Thinking that your chosen news channel is the only good one is insane. This applies to all sides.

                      You are again making sweeping assumptions about me in this thread that you cannot possibly hope to support.

                      I did say Trump is an idiot, but that is a provable fact. You can think I'm crazy because I use actual facts in my argument, but that doesn't in any way help support your claim.

                      Well you've clearly conflated fact with opinion here. No wonder you are so easily led by the media...

                      Wrong. Trump has demonstrated repeatedly that his intellect is - at best - subpar compared to anyone else who has ever been president. Several people who have worked for him have made solid arguments for him indeed being an idiot. Just because he'

                    • No person of even moderate intelligence would ever consider building such a cabinet.

                      No true Scotsman eh...

                      That is not even close to how No True Scotsman works.

                      Dude, at least make try to sound like you have a functioning brain...

                    • No person of even moderate intelligence would ever consider building such a cabinet.

                      No true Scotsman eh...

                      That is not even close to how No True Scotsman works.

                      Dude, at least make try to sound like you have a functioning brain...

                      I pointed out that you incorrectly attempted to apply "No True Scotsman" - including providing you with an accepted independent link (that website is frequently used by people of all stripes here on slashdot) explaining what it actually means - and you replied with a childish insult. It's OK to admit that you're wrong, kid - that's often an important part of learning. It's not really OK to respond to learning by insulting the person who is sharing information with you.

                      You also notably did not reply to a

                    • I pointed out that you incorrectly attempted to apply "No True Scotsman"

                      You did no such thing. You're response was the equivalent of "did not". I'll leave it to the audience to decide who is right.

                      You also notably did not reply to anything else that was in my reply.

                      Because it was incoherent gibberish. But just for you, because I've got some spare time and I'm feeling charitable:

                      You are again making sweeping assumptions about me...

                      Go back and read it, it wasn't aimed at you specifically, it was a general comment based on a Mark Twin quote. So much for assumptions eh?

                      Trump has demonstrated repeatedly that his intellect is - at best - subpar compared to anyone else who has ever been president

                      Opinion. Orange man bad...

                      If you have a previous account here why are you not using it?

                      Various reasons, none of which change the fact that yet another of your assumptions was wrong.

                      I'd believe you to be about 20 years old. I would not believe you to have been on slashdot for 20 years.

                      So you had an

      • If we look at the history of Trump's cabinet appointments, trending towards competency is not the way i would describe it. If anything his appointments became less capable as time went on, the first wave was as good as any, the second was less stellar, and by the end it looked like they were taking whoever applied.

  • Incumbent Telcos have taken government money for decades and done very little.

    At this point Starlink should get all the funding for rural broadband.

    • Hi, I'm rural, in the middle of no where. I recently shed two 12/1 Mbit DSL circuits for fiber thanks to RDOF. Up until recently the best I could get before the 12/1Mbit upgrade was 6/768K DSL. Session-based load-balancing doesn't really help with single-session route paths for things like corporate VPN and children learning at home. Starlink, while a good project, does not address much of the Southern US at this time. The situation thus becomes those that must stay home to do distance learning cannot

      • Hi, I'm rural, in the middle of no where. I recently shed two 12/1 Mbit DSL circuits for fiber thanks to RDOF.

        Hi, my mother is rural, and at this point the best option I have found for her is a one bar T-mobile hotspot for internet, as slow as that is it's faster and more reliable than the extremely poor DSL option she had before, or any other wireless solutions we have tried.

        Starlink will be country-wide within the next year or two...

    • It is hilarious how much telcos misreport and still collect. Only a handful of times have they been called on their lies. They do of course employee many many lawyers.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Zak3056 ( 69287 )

      East TN's electrical cooperatives are building out fiber networks in rural areas, to places that a normal utility would deem unserviceable.

      While I look forward to Starlink as another good option in the future, the idea that Elon should absorb potentially billions in rural broadband funding to the exclusion of all else doesn't sound like a good plan.

  • should be required to post that claims and statements made here are opinions and may not be factual. In the case of broadcast, a chyron should run every 15-minutes during the show. For social, the disclaimer should be posted on each page and above the post box.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Vairon ( 17314 )

      That would violate the first amendment of the United States Constitution. The government can't compel someone to speech. A classic example is West Virginia State of Education v. Barnette, from 1943 I think. The US Supreme Court ruled that a state cannot force children to stand, salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. A more recent example of this is National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra from 2018. The Court said that the FACT act which required clinics that provide health s

  • If and only if there is platform neutrality too. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

  • with the people voting on each item... somehow someone starts a petition, and then within a certain period of time, everyone gets one vote...all online...

  • When Biden has openly picked a token VP, we can assume all his other vagina-possesing picks are also tokens, until proven innocent.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by MrL0G1C ( 867445 )

      So all women picked by Biden are simply tokens, he can't really win can he. Do you have any evidence or should we all just believe in something you just made up?

    • Gee, that's not misogynistic at all. *rolls eyes*

    • I'd like to hear your argument that Harris was a "token" pick.

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by EmoryM ( 2726097 )
        Biden said he'd pick a female VP (and he did.) He didn't say he'd pick the best person for the job. Merit wasn't as important as vagina hole. Fweedom for Tupac.

      • Biden said BEFOREHAND that he would pick his VP for their race AND gender.
        Are you disputing that ?!

        Harris is the first ever Vice President to be a DOUBLE TOKEN, and if you bring up her Indian ancestry ( as they incessantly do ), she's a TRIPLE TOKEN.

        What a truly great day for a society based on discrimination and profiling.

  • Homework gap = free money for the right people, based on identitarian principles.

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