If you have time now by any chance, Brendan Carr is speaking on Spaces, on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1mnxepDgvLvJX All the best, Frank Frantisek (Frank) Borsik https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 Skype: casioa5302ca frantisek.bor...@gmail.com On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 6:49 PM, David Bray, PhD <david.a.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > FCC's staff continues to shrink. 1420-or-so employees in 2022, 1755-or-so > in 2012, 1952-or-so in 2004. So about a 25% reduction over the last twenty > years. There are several good people there among the staff, however they > also face an increasing number of tasks and demands with less resources. > Public service depends on folks being willing to step up and be of service. > > Also, ultimately it is the decision of the Commissioners. Staff can brief > the Commissioners and present evidence, the Commissioners are there to make > the policy decisions. Remember Commissioners are Presidentially-appointed, > Senate-confirmed which selects for certain things in keeping with our > Constitution. For the staff, this means accepting that politics may > supersede even the best technical briefing. > > Such is how representative governments work. And if you circle back to > Plato's The Republic, the conclusion is such is how humanity wants it - we > don't want a perfectly wise, benevolent, philosopher king. Each of us wants > compromises - the difference being those specific compromises. Plato > (through the voice of Socrates) also concludes humanity would probably kill > a perfectly wise, benevolent, philosopher king if we were to ever have one > - again because despite everyone saying they want this, they really only > want such a person if that person agrees with them fully. Or as Tears for > Fears aptly put it: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" = > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awoFZaSuko4 > > > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 1:00 AM Frantisek Borsik via Nnagain < > nnag...@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > >> Thanks, Robert. Exactly what I meant. Therefore I added NN list, because >> Nathan was engaging with us there, and with Dave (me and some others, to my >> knowledge) either directly or via his staffers and he really wanted to >> catch up on tech things that are the culprits of Net Neutrality >> (bufferbloat.) >> >> So instead of assuming that Nathan Simington and Brendan Carr are >> “bought” as someone did, I can the FCC itself as an entity can be >> understaffed at worse. >> >> But still, I appreciate efforts to learn about what’s going in here and >> getting it right. >> >> All the best, >> >> Frank >> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik >> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik >> Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 >> iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 >> Skype: casioa5302ca >> frantisek.bor...@gmail.com >> >> >> On Thu, 14 Dec 2023 at 3:46 AM, Robert McMahon <rjmcma...@rjmcmahon.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I think this common in that appointment of commissioners go through a >>> political process. The FCC has a technology group, too. When I worked with >>> them about 8 years ago, they had skilled researchers on staff and a highly >>> skilled director. They asked good questions about engineering decisions, >>> like what is limiting the number of mimo streams on devices. >>> >>> Their physical facility is a bit dated, and they don't get stock grants. >>> I respect the engineers I worked with for what they did. >>> >>> Bob >>> On Dec 13, 2023, at 2:38 PM, Frantisek Borsik via Nnagain < >>> nnag...@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: >>> >>>> I would love for Nathan to be here with us, and comment on that :-) so >>>> I will add NN list as well. >>>> >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> Frank >>>> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik >>>> >>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik >>>> Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 >>>> iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 >>>> Skype: casioa5302ca >>>> frantisek.bor...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 at 11:21 PM, Richard Roy <dickroy3...@comcast.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> *From:* Starlink [mailto:starlink-boun...@lists.bufferbloat.net] *On >>>>> Behalf Of *Frantisek Borsik via Starlink >>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 13, 2023 1:26 PM >>>>> *To:* Dave Taht via Starlink >>>>> *Subject:* [Starlink] FCC Upholds Denial of Starlink’s RDOF >>>>> Application >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> “*Elon Musk*’s Starlink was not the only major company to inflate its >>>>> capabilities >>>>> <https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2021/04/rdof-reverse-auction-criticized-google-makes-pandemic-gains-california-broadband-access-for-k-12/> >>>>> in >>>>> RDOF bids. Nearly 100 bidders have defaulted since the auction, leaving in >>>>> limbo an estimated $2.8 billion >>>>> <https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2023/06/what-happens-to-the-estimated-2-8-billion-in-rdof-defaults/> >>>>> of >>>>> the $9.2 billion originally awarded. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The FCC upheld another denial >>>>> <https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2023/12/fcc-proposes-22-million-fine-against-ltd-over-rdof/> >>>>> on Monday in the case of LTD Broadband, which appealed the >>>>> commission’s finding that it could not reasonably serve the more than >>>>> 500,000 locations to which it had committed. The commission also hit LTD >>>>> with a $21.7 million fine for its default. >>>>> >>>>> The commission’s two Republicans dissented to Starlink’s denial, >>>>> claiming they saw a path for the company to improve its speeds before the >>>>> first deployment deadline in 2025.” >>>>> >>>>> *[RR] The reason two lawyers “saw a path” is because they were >>>>> bribed/conned into to see it. In my nearly 50years of experience dealing >>>>> with the FCC, extremely rarely are the people at the top in the commission >>>>> tech savvy. In general, they have NO CLUE when it comes to technology … >>>>> period! **JJ* >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2023/12/fcc-upholds-denial-of-starlinks-rdof-application/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> All the best, >>>>> >>>>> Frank >>>>> Frantisek (Frank) Borsik >>>>> >>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik >>>>> Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 >>>>> iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 >>>>> Skype: casioa5302ca >>>>> frantisek.bor...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Nnagain mailing list >>>> nnag...@lists.bufferbloat.net >>>> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/nnagain >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >> Nnagain mailing list >> nnag...@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/nnagain >> >
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