Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future, along with a chorus of others, is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Chairman Julius Genachowski to end its quest to classify broadband Internet service under an outdated 1934 rotary telephone law. Spalter sees Title II classification having a major impact on the private sector investment that has kept the Internet industry alive and well even during the current economic downturn. Still, there is a way for Chairman Genachowski to get it right and empower this industry to continue its growth and innovation.

“I believe Genachowski can responsibly – and with broad consensus – ensure the future of an open Internet by first taking the courageous step of withdrawing his unilateral and controversial Third Way proposal. In its place, he should explicitly recognize that a decision to fundamentally alter the regulatory landscape, especially when it directly implicates the Internet, requires legislative action, and as a result, he should encourage lawmakers in Congress to take on the hard but important work of creating a new, bipartisan and workable framework for continued American growth, investment and innovation in the Internet.”

To read Jonathan Spalter’s entire article, click here.

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