Michael K. Powell
Michael K. Powell
Michael Kevin Powellis an American former Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and current president of the trade association the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. He was appointed to the Federal Communications Commission by President Bill Clinton on November 3, 1997. President George W. Bush designated him chairman of the commission on January 22, 2001. Powell is the son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife Alma Powell...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 March 1963
CountryUnited States of America
I have a vision that's about technology that empowers consumers over institutions.
It saddens me when public officials and bureaucrats are criticized for ulterior motives, none of which I have ever found in a government bureaucrat, or when someone personalizes disagreements.
Giving consumers the choice of having it all in one big bite means different viewers are in many different places in the book, making it hard to discuss without spoiling the plot. The intervals between first-run programming provide a space for communion and that tantalizing sense of anticipation.
Cable is a dynamic and highly innovative industry, providing cutting edge services and content that Americans love. The broadband platform the industry has deployed is a critical part of the infrastructure needed to realize our national ambition to be a great nation in the Information Age.
You can sell nothing for a mark-up for a while, but only until something starts eating away at it. Now I can go home and click on Yahoo, call my sister and talk over a microphone for free.
Behavioral psychologists have observed that wanting something has a much stronger emotional impact than the pleasure that comes once you have it, or the memory of having had it.
She's a hard worker. She didn't take advantage of anything. She did more work than most people.
Protecting consumers from service disruption is the Federal Communications Commission's first and highest priority,
Fascinating though the issues are, and as serious as they are, I believe the Majority has given in too much to their collective imaginations, rather than sound reasoning based on the record, in reaching some of the conditions on the merger,
This market is not collapsing. It is not going to fail over time, ... Communications services remain vital to consumers around the globe.
They get mad at me, but I think they should be more scared. For all their size and success and revenue, their cards are not great.
In simple terms, I think you're going to have lower prices, lower cost networks and 50 times the innovations. Look at Vonage's VoIP service.
Clearly there are very serious stresses on this important industry,
High court review will protect the integrity of the FCC's auctions program, which Congress has chosen as the best method of assigning scarce and precious spectrum resources to those that will put them to their most productive use,