The Burden Of Network Neutrality Mandates On Rural Broadband Development
George S. Ford, PhD, Thomas M. Koutsky, Esq. and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Esq., Phoenix Center Policy Paper Series
July 2006

• Understanding the impact that public policy will have on broadband deployment is of crucial importance.
• Regulating broadband will result in lower broadband network construction across the board. But our analysis shows that this decline in construction will not be evenly spread across the country, deployment in high-cost  (typically rural)  areas will be harmed  disproportionately.  

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A Democratic Voice Of Caution On Net Neutrality
Alfred E. Kahn, Cornell University
October 2006

• Broadband expansion and investments need to be free from regulations.

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Internet Regulations Would Harm Consumers
American Consumer Institute
January 2007

• In response to Senator Dorgan’s net neutrality legislation the study calls for Congress to be cautious about internet regulation.
• Consumer welfare is harmed by regulation.

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Net Neutrality And The Industry StructureNet Neutrality And The Industry Structure
The Phoenix Center
George S. Ford, PhD
Thomas M. Koutsky, Esq.
Lawrence J. Spiwak, Esq.
March 2007

• Policymakers should be careful not to make Broadband regulation deterring competition, expansion and expansion.
• Regulation could harm consumers.

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Economists’ Statement On Net Neutrality
AEI-Brookings Joint Center
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, Vernon L. Smith, Scott Wallsten, Leonard Waverman and Lawrence J. White
March 2007

• Proposals aimed at implementing net neutrality are likely to do more harm than good.

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Evaluating The New Executive Order On Regulation
AEI-Brookings Joint Center
Robert W. Hahn and Robert E. Litan
April, 2007

• In 2007, President Bush amended President Clinton’s executive order on government regulation, making changes that could have far-reaching consequences for how the government weighs the costs and benefits of regulatory activity.
• Although the new Bush executive order would impose greater requirements on regulatory agencies than are currently imposed, we think the benefits are likely to exceed the costs. The study argues that the new executive order should have included independent regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Communications Commission, in addition to executive regulatory agencies.

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Net Neutrality And The Effects On Consumers
The American Consumer Institute
Steve Pociask
May 2007

• This study finds that Internet regulations would harm consumers — reduce demand, raise consumer prices and deter much needed infrastructure investment.
• Net neutrality would accomplish neither of these recommendations, and would raise consumer prices, thereby reducing the benefits of broadband services.

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Denied! Three Legislatures Say “No” To Net Neutrality
FreedomWorks
July 2007

• The study summarizes the actions states have taken to legislate net neutrality.
• Regulations at the state and federal level would harm consumers.

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Net Neutrality-Digital Discrimination Or Regulatory Gamesmanship In Cyberspace?
CATO Institute, Policy Analysis
Adam Thierer
January 12, 2004

• The federal government should not be involved in regulation of the high-tech industy.
• There is no evidence that broadband operators are unfairly blocking access to websites or online services today, and there is no reason to expect them to do so in the future.

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The Myth of Network Neutrality And What We Should Do About It
Robert Hahn and Robert Litan, AEI-Brooking Joint Center For Regulatory Studies
November 2006

• Regulation of the internet will have the opposite effect of intentions.
• Policymakers should look at how the Internet really functions from both a technical and an economic perspective.

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