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Cities Will Sue FCC To Stop $2 Billion Giveaway To Wireless Carriers (arstechnica.com)
Cities are planning to sue the Federal Communications Commission over its decision to preempt local rules on deployment of 5G wireless equipment. From a report: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and City Attorney Pete Holmes yesterday said their city intends to appeal the FCC order in federal court. Seattle will be coordinating with other cities on a lawsuit, they said. "In coordination with the overwhelming majority of local jurisdictions that oppose this unprecedented federal intrusion by the FCC, we will be appealing this order, challenging the FCC's authority and its misguided interpretations of federal law," they said in a press release.
The FCC says its order will save carriers $2 billion, less than one percent of the estimated $275 billion it will take to deploy 5G across the country. In Oregon, the Portland City Council voted Tuesday to approve a lawsuit against the FCC, The Oregonian reported, saying the move "added Portland to a growing list of cities, primarily on the West Coast, that are preparing to fight" the FCC order. East Coast cities including New York City and Boston have also objected to the FCC decision. As we've previously reported, the FCC order drew opposition from rural municipalities as well.
The FCC says its order will save carriers $2 billion, less than one percent of the estimated $275 billion it will take to deploy 5G across the country. In Oregon, the Portland City Council voted Tuesday to approve a lawsuit against the FCC, The Oregonian reported, saying the move "added Portland to a growing list of cities, primarily on the West Coast, that are preparing to fight" the FCC order. East Coast cities including New York City and Boston have also objected to the FCC decision. As we've previously reported, the FCC order drew opposition from rural municipalities as well.
If the city owns the poles why should the federal government be allowed to dictate the rental price?
Liberals always use the word "giveaway" even if it's applied to Citizens, and even if it means "you pay less taxes or fees". Being allowed to keep more of your money is NOT a giveaway. It's letting you keep the money you labored to earn.
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From Ars Technica: "We don't need spotty 5g in the world's most densly populated urban areas that use the same hard lines as their 4g predecessor. We need better 4g coverage overall, and better support for the 4g lines in place."
Ugh. A so-called technical person who is actually a Luddite.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
A proper non-biased headline would be: Cities Will Sue FCC to Protect $2 Billion in Lost Cellular Taxes
because that's what is ACTUALLY happening. Nobody is "giving" money to the corporations, like handing money to a bum on the street. Instead the FCC is reducing the Local Tax downto $270 per cell transmitter..... the end.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall