5G

A fortnight ago we yet again addressed the truism: Bad ideas never die – because there will always be government programs.

One of the very MANY problems with government regulating the private sector – is it immediately halts or severely retards private sector progress.

Federalism is too infrequently mentioned, and when it does come up, it is woefully misrepresented and abused.

Government often seems quite adept at solving yesterday’s problems, building or protecting systems that are irrelevant today.

The awful California wildfires that have killed dozens of people and destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property – are absolutely atrocious.  It is such an inconceivable loss.

Yesterday the FCC held an open commission meeting

Next week, the Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to move forward on the ”STREAMLINE Small Cell Deployment Act.”

Tomorrow, the power of one vote could become very apparent.

To try to justify mandating Title II utility regulation of broadband and the blocking of the Comcast-Time Warner acquisition, the Administration and FCC had to gerrymander broadband definitions to reach their political goal that wireless broadband service not be considered an official competitor to wireline broadband service.