USTelecom CEO Walter McCormick was recently interviewed on C-SPAN’s “The Communicators.” When asked about the potential dangers of H.R.5353, a bill aimed at government regulation of the Internet, Walter explained:

“We are trying to build today the information super highway for the information economy of the 21st century. This is an extraordinarily important endeavor. The nation that has the most robust information super highway is going to have a strong international competitive advantage. Pursuant to that, we are making extraordinary investments. This legislation (H.R. 5353) would call into question the wisdom of those investments. It would call into question whether or not those who are investing to build networks are doing it in the right way. And it’s not just companies like us making those investments. It is all who are investing in networks: universities, hospitals, wireless companies and campuses. All of these would come into question under this policy which would in effect get the government to manage the way in which the Internet is built and operated.”

To view the rest of Walter’s comments on the dangers of H.R.5353, the importance of broadband deployment in the US and the life-improving potential of broadband applications, please click below.

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