Skype sucks up to new FCC chair – like everyone else

The new Matt LeBlanc look-alike is filling a post that affects Skype's future in the US. It's a proper courtesy to greet the new nominee.

SKYPE WELCOMES NOMINATION OF JULIUS GENACHOWSKI AS NEW FCC CHAIRMAN

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2009 – Josh Silverman, Skype’s President, issued the following statement regarding the nomination by President Barack Obama of Julius Genachowski as the new Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission:

"Skype is pleased that President Obama has nominated Julius Genachowski to Chair the Federal Communications Commission. As a trusted member of the Obama technology policy team, we look forward to working with Julius as the FCC establishes policy priorities. The success of the Obama campaign clearly demonstrated that the Internet is a platform for empowering citizens and disrupting existing ways of doing business. Likewise, change is coming to the FCC and we are looking forward to working with Chairman Genachowski to put innovation policy to work for all Americans. We welcome Chairman Genachowski to his new responsibilities and to a future defined by more innovation, faster broadband, and lower phone bills."

The US spends hundreds of billions of dollars annually on telecom, all of it regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. FCC policies affect consumer choice, market consolidation, rural Internet access, the rules of mobile competition, availability of spectrum to citizens.

No wonder figurative bowers of flowers are being heaped upon Chairman Nominee Genachowski from all affected.

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