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FCC commissioner writes op-ed titled, “It’s time for Trump to DOGE the FCC“
“The FCC is a prime candidate for DOGE-style reform,” Nathan Simington writes.
A Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing a DOGE-style overhaul of the agency's operations, including large cuts to the Universal Service Fund that subsidizes broadband deployment and access. "Few Americans realize that federally mandated fees, which are set at the sole discretion of the FCC, not Congress... raise the cost of monthly phone bills for voice service by over 36 percent," the Simington op-ed said. Congress is also pushing FCC cost cuts, as the Senate voted to kill a Biden-era attempt to use E-Rate to subsidize Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren who lack reliable Internet access to complete their homework.
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