Broadband Plan Would Vastly Expand Government Power over the Internet
Broadband Plan Would Vastly Expand Government Power over the Internet
By Richard Morrison
Created 03/16/2010 - 12:56
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FCC Itself Is Greatest Impediment to Broadband Choice
Washington, D.C., March 16, 2010 - Statements by Competitive Enterprise Institute telecom policy analysts Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia on the FCC’s National Broadband Plan:
Wayne Crews [1]
Vice President for Policy
Competitive Enterprise Institute
The FCC deserves praise for acknowledging the importance of competition among technologies as a key ingredient for promoting a national broadband policy. At the same time, unfortunately, the Commission’s plan seeks new realms to rule even as the very need for regulation evaporates.
America’s challenge is not for the FCC to ‘do something’ in the communications and Internet realm, but rather to dismantle obsolete regulatory impediments that constrain the market’s freedom to expand infrastructure and content access. If we were starting from a clean slate in today's world, we wouldn't create a Federal Communications Commission with command over price, entry and services.
full article;
http://cei.org/news-release/2010/03...-vastly-expand-government-power-over-internet