FCC Proposes to Scrap Gigabit Broadband Goal and Affordability Analysis

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under the leadership of Chairman Brendan Carr, is proposing to eliminate the Biden-era goal of achieving gigabit broadband speeds and to stop analyzing broadband affordability. The proposal, set for a vote on August 7, would narrow the scope of the FCC’s Section 706 evaluations. This section of the Telecommunications Act requires the FCC to determine whether broadband is being deployed