As consumers increasingly stream music and video, communicate via apps, work and study remotely, and attend virtual health care appointments, they spend more and more time online. Not surprisingly, issues relating to the ability of all Americans to obtain a high-speed Internet connection – "broadband" – are hot topics inside the Beltway. You might be surprised, however, to discover that it is not the mostly independent Federal Communications Commission, the primary agency established by Congress to oversee this critical sector, that is taking the lead in establishing policy.
Instead, Biden Administration executive agencies, in particular the Departments of Agriculture and Treasury, improperly are implementing controversial communications policies, such as rigid "net neutrality" public utility-like restrictions, that are overly regulatory. These end runs are outside their spheres of authority and expertise. And these anti-free market initiatives are often in conflict with current FCC positions.
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