CEI to FCC: Don’t strangle broadband industry | CEI
June 9, 2009
The Competitive Enterprise Institute this week filed comments advising the Federal Communications Commission on how best to proceed with its plan for a national policy on deployment of broadband networks. The comments emphasize that the most growth and innovation comes from companies competing in a free market, while additional mandates and restrictions are likely, in this case, only to slow new investments in broadband technology.
“The best way the Commission can stimulate broadband is not by imposing new layers of regulation, but by adopting a deregulatory stimulus in which government-created entry barriers are eliminated and costly regulations are reduced,” said Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews. “Marketplace investment and private enterprise have driven broadband deployment in the United States, and the Commission would be wise to expand proven, market-driven broadband policies...”
The Competitive Enterprise Institute this week filed comments advising the Federal Communications Commission on how best to proceed with its plan for a national policy on deployment of broadband networks. The comments emphasize that the most growth and innovation comes from companies competing in a free market, while additional mandates and restrictions are likely, in this case, only to slow new investments in broadband technology.
“The best way the Commission can stimulate broadband is not by imposing new layers of regulation, but by adopting a deregulatory stimulus in which government-created entry barriers are eliminated and costly regulations are reduced,” said Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President for Policy Wayne Crews. “Marketplace investment and private enterprise have driven broadband deployment in the United States, and the Commission would be wise to expand proven, market-driven broadband policies...”
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