Pro Net Competition: Other Voices
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Media Institute: Net Neutrality Legislation Is Bad Idea
June 14, 2007 - link >>John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable
Comments are coming into the FCC in response to its inquiry on broadband regulation, specifically what, if anything, it should do on the issue of network neutrality.
The Media Institute, for one, says it says regulation is a bad idea.
The institute, a media company-backed First Amendment think tank, argues that in the present marketplace, “there is no problem – no clear and present danger to the openness of the Internet – that requires regulatory action,” saying that perceived harms, rather than actual ones, are fueling the drive for regulation.
Maine right to halt law
June 14, 2007 - link >>Jason Wright, Portsmouth Herald News
A battle is under way for the success or failure of Maine’s technological future. You could call it the “Maine Digital Primary,” and it might prove just as important as that other primary next door in New Hampshire.
Maine’s Digital Primary was launched in the State House without much national attention during the first week of June. That’s when a legislative committee rejected a bill that would have made Maine the first state in the union to slap regulatory restrictions on the Internet in the name of Net Neutrality.
Broadband Policy Summit III - FCC Commisioner Luncheon Address
June 07, 2007 - link >>Commissioner Robert M. McDowell
Thank you, Dick, for that kind introduction. And many thanks for inviting me to speak at the Broadband Policy Summit of 2007. Looking through your agenda, I see that you have an impressive array of speakers from industry, government and think tanks. As a result, you are sure to be bombarded by a plethora of ideas, data, analyses and opinions regarding the most dynamic, positive, constructive and disruptive force to rock the world economy since electricity: broadband. But, unlike electricity, people can’t seem to agree on a definition of “broadband.” And I’ll discuss in a minute why that is probably a good thing.
CAGW Counsels FCC: Hands Off the Internet
June 07, 2007 - link >>Citizens Against Government Waste, PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/—Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released a copy of the letter it sent to
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin, urging the FCC not to impose regulations on the Internet:
“Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is pleased to submit comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) notice of inquiry (NOI)
regarding broadband market practices. CAGW is a private, non-partisan, nonprofit organization representing more than 1.2 million members and
supporters nationwide. The organization’s mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government.
McCain Opposes Net Neutrality
June 03, 2007 - link >>NewsMax.com
Arizona Sen. John McCain has announced that he opposes “net neutrality.”
McCain appeared at the All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif., and said he did not think government regulation of internet service providers to stop them from censoring, slowing down, or otherwise disrupting consumer’s access to the internet in order to stifle competitors or undesirable content was an appropriate solution.
“When you control the pipe you should be able to get profit from your investment,” he said, according to TheDailyBackground.com.
Later, McCain said: “I’m all for the government encouraging competition, but I’ve found over time that less government involvement is better.
“Unless there is a clear-cut, unequivocal restraint of competition, the government should stay out of it,” McCain said. “These things will sort themselves out.”
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