Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines to adopt a Notice of Inquiry opening a new proceeding to regulate the Internet by reclassifying it under Title II of the Communications Act. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calls this his “Third Way” plan. In a PFF press release, I issued the following response: In [...]
My dear friend, fellow space/IT/priavcy/communications lawyer and now PFF Adjunct Fellow Jim Dunstan just published this PFF paper, which I thought I’d share with you (PDF) The FCC’s Title II “Lite” (as a Lead Balloon!) & the Looming Broadband Tax by James E. Dunstan, PFF Adjunct Fellow, Progress Snapshot 6.9 FCC Chairman Genachowski has set [...]
We won’t know the actual effects of policies intended to promote broadband deployment unless we first understand how the market would have evolved without any policy changes.
Just in case you missed Adam Thierer’s unhinged rant, My Swan Song Moment: I Will Take Elmo Hostage in the Name of First Amendment Freedoms!, you’ll want to go back and read it after watching this: < p style=”text-align: center;”> Not exactly a highpoint in the history of deliberative democracy or rhetoric (in the best sense), [...]
Here are a few things to look out for when the FCC releases its National Broadband Plan tomorrow.
Can broadband policymakers learn from more than 100 years of American experience with railroad regulation?
By Berin Szoka & Adam Thierer We learned from The Wall Street Journal yesterday that “Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski gets a little peeved when people suggests that he wants to regulate the Internet.” He told a group of Journal reporters and editors today that: “I don’t see any circumstances where we’d take steps [...]
The National Broadband Plan outline discussed by FCC staff yesterday shows that good ideas supported by evidence eventually matter.
The FCC’s chairman and broadband task force have announced that they want to include universal service reform in the FCC’s national broadband plan even before the public comment period on this topic has closed. Far from jumping the gun, they are simply recognizing what everyone who follows universal service has known for years.
None of the usual watchdogs are barking about the FCC letting the White House comment on its net neutrality regulations before they were proposed.
May 28, 2012
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