O'Rielly Accuses NTIA of Broadband Ratemaking in Va.
NTIA is inappropriately trying to set prices in Virginia through the broadband, equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program by demanding that the state put a specific rate on low-cost plans, former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly blogged Friday. “Despite repeated public…
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reassurances by [Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo] and select staff that BEAD implementation would reject setting specific broadband rates -- an act prohibited by provisions of the infrastructure law -- that’s exactly what is this underhanded attempt is all about,” the Republican wrote. “Contrary to claims being made, setting a price is ratemaking. And by putting Virginia’s application in purgatory, Secretary Raimondo is trying to bend the state to Commerce’s will.” NTIA and the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development didn’t comment.