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# Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr Says Agency Coronavirus Response a Success
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/federal-communications-commissioner-brendan-carr-says-agency-coronavirus-response-a-success/
- Published: 2020-05-12T13:23:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:24:34.000Z
- Description: May 12, 2020 — The Federal Communication Commission’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been successful, Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a Federal Communications Bar Association teleconference Monday. The conference, hosted by FCBA President-elect Natalie Roisman and moderated by FCBA Presi
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May 12, 2020 — The Federal Communication Commission’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been successful, Commissioner **Brendan Carr** said in a Federal Communications Bar Association teleconference Monday.

The conference, hosted by FCBA President-elect **Natalie Roisman** and moderated by FCBA President **Josh Turner,** discussed the myriad changes in the broadband landscape since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

The virus has spurred organizations across the world to provide work-from-home options for employees, and Carr said that the transition found existing U.S. infrastructure prepared.

“What we’re saying very consistently is this was a stress test of the internet, and in the U.S., it performed very well,” he said.

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Carr attributed the ease of the U.S.’s broadband landscape transition in part to increased high-speed fiber.

“Last year on the wired side, there was something like 400,000 new miles of high-speed wire that went into the internet,” he said. “That’s enough to circle the globe about 18 times.”

When asked how the FCC was continuing to invest in next-gen broadband technology, Carr said that the FCC was taking several approaches.

By freeing up the most high-band spectrum of any country in the world, the U.S. is uniquely positioned to roll out new 5G technologies, Carr said.

“I’m looking forward to some more progress on a number of those bands in the mid-band spectrum,” he added.

Carr claimed that the FCC could not have laid the groundwork for 5G without key moves in advance.

“We cut a lot of red tape early on,” he said. “That’s what helped accelerate a lot of these 5G builds.”

However, the agency’s attempts to develop broadband infrastructure have not been without turbulence. Last week, a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing saw military officials incensed over the FCCs approval of satellite broadband company Ligado’s proposed plan to roll out a 5G service that critics – into the chief information officer of the Pentagon – say could interfere with military GPS.

A spokesman for FCC Chairman **Ajit Pai** called the interference concerns “baseless fear-mongering.”