{"id":1225989,"date":"2022-01-19T20:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1225989"},"modified":"2022-01-19T20:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T01:37:32","slug":"failure-of-leadership-biden-administration-slammed-over-5g-rollout-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failure-of-leadership-biden-administration-slammed-over-5g-rollout-debacle\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Failure Of Leadership\u2019: Biden Administration Slammed Over 5G Rollout Debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffailure-of-leadership-biden-administration-slammed-over-5g-rollout-debacle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1225989&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><ul>\n<li><strong>Lawmakers, federal officials and telecommunications companies criticized the Biden administration\u2019s handling of 5G deployment commencing Wednesday after safety concerns prompted partial delays.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWe are frustrated by the FAA\u2019s inability to do what nearly 40 countries have done, which is to safely deploy 5G technology without disrupting aviation services, and we urge it do so in a timely manner,\u201d AT&amp;T said&nbsp;Tuesday.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Federal Aviation Administration and airlines\u2019 concerns center on the effects of 5G operations in the \u201cC-Band\u201d frequency range, which they argue could disrupt airplanes\u2019 altimeters and potentially endanger aircraft and passengers, forcing grounding of planes and other disruptions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThere are undoubtedly legitimate concerns that harmful interference from 5G operations in the C-band will negatively impact the performance of some altimeters, but the FCC has reviewed the data and has yet to find the concerns persuasive for most modern altimeters,\u201d Jeffrey Westling, director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>FCC officials have criticized the FAA, and by extension the Department of Transportation, for their handling of the situation, arguing the constant delays are hampering U.S. innovation and technological progress, and that the underlying safety concerns are overblown.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lawmakers, federal officials and telecommunications companies criticized the Biden administration\u2019s handling of 5G deployment commencing Wednesday after safety concerns prompted partial delays.<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T and Verizon were initially scheduled to deploy 5G wireless internet Wednesday, but <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/18\/att-verizon-5g-faa-pete-buttigieg\/\"><u>announced<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;they would be temporarily limiting network operations near airports on Tuesday following a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/exclusive-major-us-airline-ceos-urge-action-avoid-catastrophic-5g-flight-2022-01-17\/\"><u>letter<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;sent by airline CEOs to Biden administration officials requesting to delay the rollout over concerns 5G would disrupt aircraft equipment. Despite the telecommunications companies\u2019 agreement, several international airlines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/at-t-will-avoid-airports-with-new-5g-service-to-prevent-flight-delays-11642528372\"><u>told<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;The Wall Street Journal they were still suspending flights due to 5G operations and potential equipment disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>The airlines\u2019 position echoes that of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Transportation; Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/us-officials-ask-att-verizon-delay-5g-wireless-over-aviation-safety-concerns-2021-12-31\/\"><u>requested<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;AT&amp;T and Verizon delay their rollouts on Jan. 4 over the same concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The telecommunications giants both expressed their dissatisfaction with the Biden administration\u2019s handling of the situation, taking issue with the FAA\u2019s leadership. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/17\/conspiracy-theorists-5g-dna-nuclear-radiation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Conspiracy Theorists Worried About 5G Are Wearing Necklaces That Could Damage DNA, Nuclear Experts Warn)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7304515\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7304515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A contract crew for Verizon, works on a cell tower to update it to handle the new 5G network in Orem, Utah on December 10, 2019. (Photo by GEORGE FREY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are frustrated by the FAA\u2019s inability to do what nearly 40 countries have done, which is to safely deploy 5G technology without disrupting aviation services, and we urge it do so in a timely manner,\u201d AT&amp;T <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/5g-airlines-disruption-warning-verizon-att\/\"><u>said<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Aviation Administration and our nation\u2019s airlines have not been able to fully resolve navigating 5G around airports, despite it being safe and fully operational in more than 40 other countries,\u201d Verizon said in a <a><u>statement<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The delay is the latest development in the ongoing feud between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency in charge of administering internet deployment, and the FAA and airlines over 5G networks. The FAA had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/01\/04\/att-verizon-5g-rollout\/\"><u>succeeded<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in pressuring AT&amp;T and Verizon to delay their 5G deployment scheduled for Jan. 5, and had also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2021\/11\/04\/att-verizon-5g-delay\/\"><u>elicited<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;an earlier one-month delay from the internet companies in November.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA and airlines\u2019 concerns center on the effects of 5G operations in the \u201cC-Band\u201d frequency range, which they argue could disrupt airplanes\u2019 altimeters and potentially endanger aircraft and passengers, forcing grounding of planes and other disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be blunt, the nation\u2019s commerce will grind to a halt,\u201d airline CEOs said in the Monday letter to Biden administration officials. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/gina-raimondo-infrastructure-broadband-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden\u2019s Commerce Secretary Is Trying To Shield A $42 Billion Broadband Funding Program From Public Eyes)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, the FCC has rebutted the airlines\u2019 and FAA\u2019s claims and has <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/FCC-20-22A1.pdf\"><u>authorized<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;use of C-Band spectrum in March 2020, while telecommunications companies have also issued <a href=\"https:\/\/ecfsapi.fcc.gov\/file\/11241848723664\/2021-11-24%20ATT%20Verizon%20Letter%20FINAL.pdf\"><u>reports<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;purporting to debunk the FAA\u2019s assertions that 5G C-Band poses a substantive risk to airplane equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are undoubtedly legitimate concerns that harmful interference from 5G operations in the C-band will negatively impact the performance of some altimeters, but the FCC has reviewed the data and has yet to find the concerns persuasive for most modern altimeters,\u201d Jeffrey Westling, director of Technology and Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>FCC officials have criticized the FAA, and by extension the Department of Transportation, for their handling of the situation, arguing the constant delays are hampering U.S. innovation and technological progress, and that the underlying safety concerns are overblown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Biden Administration\u2019s botched handling of C-Band 5G offerings highlights a failure of competent leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The White House walked back a Biden-brokered infrastructure agreement after just two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>This is a bad deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AWk7LzwfRT\">pic.twitter.com\/AWk7LzwfRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanCarrFCC\/status\/1483597473855717376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanCarrFCC\/status\/1483597473855717376\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;late Tuesday excoriating the White House for its role in the debacle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a clear failure of leadership,\u201d Carr said. \u201cAt any point in time, the White House could have stood up and sided with the science. They didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carr\u2019s concerns echo those of six former FCC chairs, who sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-13\/six-former-fcc-chiefs-concerned-over-aviation-agency-5g-stance?sref=ExbtjcSG\"><u>letter<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;to administration officials in mid-December expressing frustration at the FAA\u2019s role in the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FAA position threatens to derail the reasoned conclusions reached by the FCC after years of technical analysis and study,\u201d wrote the authors, who include former FCC Chairs Ajit Pai, Tom Wheeler, Mignon Clyburn, Julius Genachowski, Michael Copps and Michael Powell.<\/p>\n<p>Top House Energy &amp; Commerce Committee Republicans, including Ranking Member Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Bob Latta, issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-energycommerce.house.gov\/news\/press-release\/no-leadership-from-white-house-during-5g-rollout-statement-from-republican-leaders-of-energy-commerce-and-transportation-infrastructure-committees\/\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;of their own Tuesday arguing the Biden administration\u2019s actions risk hampering efforts to improve internet service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. government has hardworking experts who can address any outstanding technical issues, but instead of leading, the White House has sleepwalked through this botched process,\u201d the lawmakers said. \u201cBy lurching from one arbitrary deadline to the next with no clear plan or strategy for resolution, this Administration\u2019s negligence continues to delay finding a lasting solution that improves our everyday wireless communication while protecting aviation safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers, federal officials and telecommunications companies criticized the Biden administration\u2019s handling of 5G deployment commencing Wednesday after safety concerns prompted partial delays. \u201cWe are frustrated by the FAA\u2019s inability to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}