Hi ,
We just learned this afternoon that HR4510 will be voted on tonight. It's the NTIA Reauthorization Act which includes some bad language. Since no amendments are being considered before the vote, please call and email your US Reps now to vote against the bill. Here are the talking points and the text to include in your email:
Problem provisions:
1. Subordinates the Pentagon to centralized authority of the NTIA and FCC by requiring them and other federal users (e.g., DOD, FAA) to first submit comments to NTIA who will filter and summarize them for FCC. For DOD, creates security risks and risks of connectivity interruptions for DOD operators
2. Title II creates unnecessary new layer of bureaucracy for
reallocating spectrum for commercial uses (Title II should be deleted).
3. Provides unnecessary taxpayer subsidy to promote mobile network standard, when wired networks provide far greater cybersecurity (see Sec 406 – should be deleted).
4. Incorporates HR 1123 which excludes 5G networks from a cybersecurity study on mobile networks, the most insecure of all predecessor networks (see Sec 405(d)(2). Former FCC Commissioner labeled 5G wireless as "inherently insecure", so to exclude 5G makes this bill a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Will you please reply with how the Representative will vote (or voted, if you receive this email after the vote), with a justification for your decision?
And, next week or month would your office consider please a follow up zoom, to catch up on
all these Telecom bills that will NOT bridge the broadband digital divide - at least in a way that's safe, reliable, secure or energy-efficient?
Thank you!
(Your name, city and phone number).
