Pro Net Competition: Op-Eds and Editorials
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Consumer Education, Not Heavy Net Neutrality Regulation, Is the Answer
October 21, 2008 - link >>Conn Carroll, The Heritage Foundation
According to the Financial Times, the leading think-tank Copenhagen Economics will release a study next week showing that “broadband prices could rise by up to one-third if regulators in Europe insist on strict ‘net neutrality’ rules.” The reports warns that letting politicians dictate how internet service providers manage their traffic flows will “pass on the cost of scarcity to all consumers” and significantly increase broadband prices thus depressing broadband demand.
U.S. Has Right Approach to Broadband
September 09, 2008 - link >>Amy Smorodin, The Progress and Freedom Foundation
WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. is rapidly taking the lead in deployment of next generation broadband networks, thanks to its relatively deregulatory policies. That is the conclusion reached by PFF Board Member Jeffrey A. Eisenach in “Broadband Policy: Does the U.S. Have It Right After All?” released today by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Eisenach points to high levels of investment, rapid innovation, high penetration rates and falling prices as evidence that the U.S. decision to forebear from mandatory of unbundling of next generation networks is working, and urges other nations to abandon mandatory unbundling of “last-mile” infrastructure.
‘Net Neutrality’ Throws Internet into Legal Limbo
September 09, 2008 - link >>James Gattuso, The Heritage Foundation
Since the Federal Communications Commission’s ‘net neutrality’ order last month there have been an avalanche of lawsuits including four last week alone.Responding to the suits, Ben Scott of Free Press, the energizer rabbit of pro-regulation media groups, said:
The Internet is too important to let Comcast tie it up in legal limbo. Congress should act now to pass Net Neutrality laws that clear up any uncertainty once and for all.
Stuck in Neutral
August 28, 2008 - link >>LUCA BOLOGNINI and GERNOT PEHNELT, The Wall Street Journal
The economic future of Europe depends on brainpower. If Europe is to succeed in the long-term competition with emerging markets such as India and China, the entire Continent—not just small countries in Northern Europe—must build and maintain a business environment where creative minds can thrive and prosper. Among other things, this means investing in the next generation of Internet infrastructure.
AGAINST NEW REGULATIONS
August 26, 2008 - link >>Post-Gazette
In his “Congress May Be Forced to Address Net Neutrality” column (Aug. 17), TechMan ignores the devastating effects government regulation would have on the Internet.
High-speed Internet networks provide enormous benefits to consumers. Broadband is connecting patients to specialty care hundreds of miles away and reducing costs at the same time. It connects students with the best education resources regardless of where they live. It is saving consumers at the gas pump while also allowing them to stay productive at home through telecommuting.
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