Freshly appointed FCC Commissioner Michael McDowell

sworn in as FCC Commissioner on June 1, 2006.

Commissioner McDowell brings to the FCC approximately sixteen years of private sector experience in the communications industry. Immediately prior to joining the FCC, Commissioner McDowell was senior vice president and assistant general counsel for COMPTEL, an association representing competitive facilities-based telecommunications service providers, emerging VoIP providers, integrated communications companies, and their supplier partners, where he had responsibilities involving advocacy efforts before Congress, the White House and executive agencies. He has served on the North American Numbering Council (NANC) and on the board of directors of North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection, Inc. (NBANC).

Prior to joining COMPTEL in February 1999, McDowell served as the executive vice president and general counsel of America's Carriers Telecommunications Association (ACTA), which merged with COMPTEL at that time.

said by PhoenixDown :

I live in NYC yet I'm unable to get DSL. If I want broadband, my only choice is via Time Warner Cable.

said by nasadude :

.....the U.S. is the only place on the planet, I think, where there are more cable broadband connections than DSL - you can thank our wonderful incumbent telcos for sitting on their @sses for several years for that particular statistic.....

said by TKJunkMail :

The "Freshly appointed" adjective is supposed to make McDowell's points sound like they are coming from an inexperienced person. In fact, he took office more than a year ago.

OECD methodology is flawed as he adequately demonstrates;

said by bmn :

One year of experience still isn't all that much...