By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 4-12-21

Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has slammed the Biden Administration’s planned $100 billion in new broadband deployment investment, calling it a big potential blunder that demonstrates the new policy of “measure never, cut checks.”

That came in an April 8 op ed in The Hill.

Carr, who headed up the efforts to streamline wireless and wired broadband deployments under FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, wrote that rather than pour more money on the issue with plenty still unspent, the Administration should be continuing to cut “red tape that continues to plague infrastructure projects.”  » Read More