Remarks of Commissioner O'Rielly Before the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee

The barriers preventing providers from bringing fixed and wireless broadband throughout our nation have increased despite the existence of this committee. The barriers being imposed are not caused by
a failure to collaborate, but a failure to heed to current law and a resistance to allow citizens access to modern communications unless certain localities impose their will or extract bounties from providers. The ideas being bandied about were head scratching: from neutral platform requirements to mandating sensor attachments to every small cell. There seems to be no limit to the creativity of those imposing barriers to deployment. And that is why your work is so valuable and timely. I am counting on you to push the envelope when making your recommendations. Do not just take the easy route.