Broadband providers have typically resisted government intrusion over what they charge their customers.
And during fights over net neutrality, one of the fears the telecom industry and Republicans regularly invoke is that Democrats will attempt to regulate broadband internet rates, which many Democrats have long said they had no interest in doing.
But digital connectivity advocates have repeatedly pointed to high U.S. prices and lament that there’s not enough competition or incentive for bringing down the prices.
December’s bipartisan pandemic relief law slated $3.2 billion to create an Emergency Broadband Benefit subsidy fund at the FCC, which will likely launch next month and help struggling consumers with $50 a month for their internet bills.
Congressional Republicans floated legislation earlier this year that would curb the operation of such municipal broadband networks.
But these entities, according to the White House, have “less pressure to turn profits and with a commitment to serving entire communities.”.
Despite this aggressive posture, Biden has historically had close ties to a mix of telecom executives. »
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