PDA

View Full Version : FCC Chairman Michael Powell to Resign


firstadopter
01-21-2005, 10:39 AM
Reuters is <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20050121/bs_nm/telecoms_powell_resign_dc">reporting</a> that the Chairman of the FCC, Michael Powell, is going to resign later today following his dad's lead. I guess Powell had enough of the famous Howard Stern and Janet Jackson Superbowl antics over the years. I bet Stern will now claim victory in his personal vendetta against the Chairman.<br><br>
I just hope the next FCC leader will continue to protect VOIP from the local state taxes and regulation. That is probably the key attribute of Powell in his term. He generally kept the money-grubbing local politicians away from internet communications. Let's keep it that way. Just take a look at your landline and wireless phone bill to see what I mean. Taxes galore.

firstadopter
01-23-2005, 12:46 PM
The Wall St. Journal did a poll on Powell and these are the results:

What grade would you give Michael Powell for his performance as FCC chief?
A 363 votes (19%)
B 251 votes (13%)
C 204 votes (11%)
D 335 votes (18%)
F 737 votes (39%)

Amazing. I thought he did an excellent job in keeping the local politicians from taxing the internet and VOIP. I guess all about care about is the finings of the Janet Jackson Superbowl incident and Howard Stern.