FCC BROADBAND PLAN HEAD SAYS PLAN ISN'T FINAL

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Blair Levin, the FCC's broadband plan coordinator, said it doesn't bother him if people are worried about the work. "To a certain extent, I want you to be worried," he said at breakfast event. "I want everyone in this room to be worried. I'm worried." The country's broadband problems aren't easy to solve, he said. "What should worry you is if we have a knee-jerk reaction." Levin said he and Chairman Julius Genachowski didn't have the broadband plan worked out before holding workshops and collecting comment, as some have implied. "If I know what I want to do, why am I here ... in August?" Levin said he isn't sure what the final plan will look like but hopes it will provide a strong "foundation" to build on. "If we do our job right, we shouldn't have to do it [again] for another 10 years," he said. nnThe national plan won't be "self-executing," Levin said. "For any part of it to actually become operative, some other entity in government will have to act." He said he expects the plan to include recommendations for many government bodies, including Congress, states and cities. "Our job is to give good options to the people who make the decisions." The national plan should launch a "dynamic process," because setting a single-number goal is likely to be wrong, he said. "One size doesn't fit all," and serious analysis is needed to determine the best answers for different places and demographic groups, he said. Levin highlighted points of agreement that he has seen in the proceeding. Most agree that not enough spectrum is available, but the FCC needs more details on where to get it and how to use it efficiently, he said. There's also agreement that the government must help people find the "means to adopt" broadband, he said. "That's going to cost money, but also bring in revenue."