[20160206]IN10438_宽带部署是否合理及时？.pdf

CRS INSIGHTIs Broadband Deployment Reasonable and Timely?February 3, 2016 (IN10438) | Related AuthorLennard G. Kruger |Lennard G. Kruger, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy (lkrugercrs.loc.gov, 7-7070)On January 28, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted its latest Broadband Progress Report pursuant to Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The act requires the FCC to regularly initiate an inquiry concerning the availability of broadband to all Americans and to determine whether broadband is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. If the determination is negative, the act directs the FCC to take immediate action to accelerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition in the telecommunications market.The FCCs latest Section 706 report, the 2016 Broadband Progress Report, was released on January 29, 2016, and determined that broadband deployment is not being deployed to all Americans in a timely and reasonable fashion. According to the report, as of December 31, 2014, approximately 10% of all Americans (34 million) lacked access to fixed broadband spe