As one of the leading voices on broadband policy, Larry Downes , a nonresident Fellow with the Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society, makes a serious case against the proposed Internet regulatory scheme being touted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He’s written a number of pieces pointing out the “unintended consequences” of the FCC’s intent to classify broadband as a common carrier service under Title II in the Communications Act. Language, by the way, originally authored in the 1930’s. That doesn’t exude a real futuristic connotation as one might expect to see in 21st Century Internet policy.
Downes, like many, believes a change in policy will undoubtedly slow growth and bring private investment into the broadband Internet economy to a screeching halt. How much private capital has been invested in today’s broadband infrastructure? $500B over the past eight years is how much. So slapping 1930’s Title II regulations on the Internet carries with it real consequences.
Please see below and read more about Larry Downes and his arguments against Internet regulation.
CNetnews.com
April 19, 2010 12:39 PM PDT
Reality check on ‘reclassifying’ broadband
By Larry Downes
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