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The upcoming November 3rd election has made oncefeared worries about political meddling in media a reality as the President is working full time to render the vote meaninglessAfter surviving the notreadyforprimetime impeachment the President and his consigliere Attorney and Postmaster Generals are methodically attempting to pressure the levers of government to shamelessly and specifically tilt only one wayFirst the retraction of the once routine renomination of a sitting Federal Communications Commissioner simply because he followed the letter of the law demonstrates the President39s tentative relationship with the concept of the Constitutional law itselfSecondly that39s being compounded now as a President who is scared silly that he39ll lose anything resembling a fair and open election is putting his thumb on more and more parts of quothisquot government The Attorney General will unveil the results of quothisquot investigations finding that while Russia really really didn39t intervene in 2016 and certainly not in 2020 it did in fact really try to do so for his opponent And by the way the former President will be indicted by the Attorney General for having had the temerity to wonder if all of those Trump campaign interactions with Russians were even worthy of investigations amp8230 so he39ll be charged with well something they39ll make upThirdly that Postmaster General and major donor is systematically hollowing out the United States Postal Service Hauling mailboxes and mail sorting machines away to make mailing anything more difficult Holding back actually delivering the mail causing veterans dependent upon the mail for prescriptions to be late Making anyone on Social Security afraid the checks won39t come on time And all magazine mailing rates will be quadrupled because well they can beThe United States is a republic amp8230 if we can keep it Time to stand tall and resist this BSPandemics Update Stay safe Meanwhile chill My state is still in a shelter at home world reliant on takeout social distancing and the internet infrastructure I39m a subscribing customer of Wave Broadband amp8230 which works sort of It39s the curse of the rural customer Density works better In the meantime some ISPs are going the extra mile to help struggling customers with children handle the upcoming notreadyforprimetime school year by investing in upgrades doubling down on helping families stay connected and making certain schools are connectedAmong the companies in no particular order doing yeoman work are Sparklight Cable One Spectrum Charter Ritter ALLO Service Electric Cedar Falls Utilities Armstrong Liberty Media Atlantic Broadband TDS Fiber Mediacom and Xfinity ComcastThe broader connection industry could of course do better While the NCTA ACA Connects and other industry groups are lending a hand given the realities of the labor market the lack of a growing economy and a likely move to more lockdowns before this is all over perhaps it is time for a broader industry to double down on its effortsMeanwhile Net Neutrality Is Still Alive and Kicking No kidding It just won39t go away California remember and a couple of other states passed some laws years ago attempting to override the Trump FCC39s killing of the Tom Wheeler rules regulating the internet For its part California agreed not to attempt to enforce anything until court cases challenging the FCC39s 2018 Restoring Freedom Order were litigated That time passed last monthSo ACA Connects CTIA NCTA and US Telecom filed a joint complaint to preempt any state from attempting to challenge the FCC39s Federal stance A sort of modern version of state39s rights argumentsFixed Wireless Developments Cable One made investments in a couple of fixed wireless companies Wisper Internet and Nextlink in order to help deliver broadband beyond their wired footprint A pretty good idea and maybe the start of a trendFee Adjustments Don39t hold your breath but some subscriber fee adjustments are on the way as sports leagues struggle to put anyone on a field and not enough games are being played so not so many telecastsClick the social buttons to share this story with colleagues and friendsThe opinions expressed here are the author39s views and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet

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