4 Minutes on What’s Wrong with the FCC National Broadband Plan

by on March 16, 2010 · 5 comments

Here’s a brief audio clip that PFF’s new press director Mike Wendy helped me put together in which I outline some of my reservations with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) just-released National Broadband Plan. It’s just 4 minutes. Just click the play button below.

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About Adam Thierer

Adam Thierer is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He previously served as President of The Progress & Freedom Foundation, as Director of Telecommunications Studies at the Cato Institute, and as a Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation. He is the author or editor of six books on technology and media policy and also writes a weekly column for Forbes called "Technologies of Freedom." Thierer earned his bachelor's degree in political science and journalism at Indiana University and received his master's degree in international business management and trade theory at the University of Maryland. His passions in life (besides technology and liberty, of course) are fast cars, fine cigars, and good beer.

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  • Brett Glass

    Adam, you've hit upon a point that makes small ISPs like me particularly uncomfortable. It's central planning — which seldom leaves room for or gives a voice to the “little guy” or the innovator. The government does need to fix broken markets (especially ones that it's responsible for breaking) and prevent anticompetitive behavior — and, yes, that may mean some regulation of prices if monopolists are gouging. But beyond those things it should regulate as little as possible.

  • Brett Glass

    Adam, you've hit upon a point that makes small ISPs like me particularly uncomfortable. It's central planning — which seldom leaves room for or gives a voice to the “little guy” or the innovator. The government does need to fix broken markets (especially ones that it's responsible for breaking) and prevent anticompetitive behavior — and, yes, that may mean some regulation of prices if monopolists are gouging. But beyond those things it should regulate as little as possible.

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    [...] quick audio clip about the plan (4 min.) [...]

  • http://blog.pff.org/archives/2010/03/4_media_clips_about_fcc_national_broadband_plan.html The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog

    4 Media Clips about FCC National Broadband Plan…

    Couple of media clips here regarding my thoughts about the FCC’s National Broadband Plan: C-Span Debate with Art Brodsky of Public Knowledge (49 min.) NPR / “Diane Rehm Show” Debate with Ben Scott of Free Press (51 min.) quick audio……

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