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CAGW Tells Congress to Keep Their Hands off the Internet

April 24, 2007 - link >> Citizens Against Government Waste

Washington, D.C. - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today urged Congress to say no to a national broadband policy and government intrusion of the Internet. After the release of a world-wide broadband usage report, Senate and House Committees held hearings today to examine the need for further government involvement in broadband service in light of other countries’ policies.

“The Internet has thrived in America precisely because it has been free from government interference. The implementation of burdensome regulations, wasteful subsidies, and complicated tax breaks that other countries are imposing will only stifle growth and innovation,” said CAGW President Tom Schatz. “Competition and the free market must be allowed to continue to work.”

Cohen: Profits Behind Net-Neutrality Fight

April 12, 2007 - link >> Ted Hearn, Multichannel News

Comcast Executive Vice President: Advocates of Regulation Are Committing the Most Discrimination

Economists’ Statement on Network Neutrality Policy

March 30, 2007 - link >> JOINT CENTER - AEI-BROOKINGS JOINT CENTER FOR REGULATORY STUDIES

Authors: William J. Baumol, Martin Cave, Peter Cramton, Robert Hahn, Thomas W. Hazlett, Paul L. Joskow, Alfred E. Kahn, Robert Litan, John Mayo, Patrick A. Messerlin, Bruce M. Owen, Robert S. Pindyck, Scott J. Savage, Vernon L. Smith, Scott Wallsten, Leonard Waverman and Lawrence J. White

Network neutrality is a policy proposal that would regulate how network providers manage and price the use of their networks. Congress has introduced several bills on network neutrality. Proposed legislation generally would mandate that Internet service providers exercise no control over the content that flows over their lines and would bar providers from charging more for preferentially faster access to the Internet. These proposals must be considered carefully in light of the underlying economics. Our basic concern is that most proposals aimed at implementing net neutrality are likely to do more harm than good.