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Submitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2014-10-03 09:45
Please see this <3 minute video here on “Why Promoting Muni-Broadband is a Ridiculously Bad Idea.”
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Big GoverNet Series
Part 1: Cities learning there is no wireless "free lunch" [9-20-07]
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2014-09-29 12:03
While proposing to follow the D.C. Circuit Court’s roadmap in Verizon v. FCC to create a legal FCC regulatory framework for the Internet Age under the FCC’s 706 authorities, the FCC also invited proposals to potentially subject broadband to Title II common carrier utility regulation.
The FCC’s invitation has prompted a “rainbow of policy and legal proposals” that would explore “new ideas for protecting and promoting the open Internet” by imposing Title II telecommunications regulation on America’s Internet infrastructure.
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2014-09-23 18:37
The FTC implicitly laid down an important jurisdictional, political, and public marker against FCC reclassification of broadband as a utility, in its recent FCC filing in the FCC’s Section 706 inquiry proceeding.
Respectfully outside of the Open Internet proceeding considering whether to reclassify broadband information services as a Title II common carrier (utility) telecommunication service, the FTC officially and deftly introduced key legal facts into the overall FCC record – that deftly have the practical and legal effect of opposing FCC reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a Title II common carrier – on the record.
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2014-09-18 21:38
Please see my latest Daily Caller op-ed: “The Forgotten Consumer in the Fast Lane Net Neutrality Debate” – here.
- It explains how the whole “no fast lane” argument is misdirection that serves Silicon Valley’s interests at the expense of what’s best for empowering consumers.
- It is Part 64 in my FCC Open Internet Order Series.
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FCC Open Internet Order Series
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Sun, 2014-09-14 22:21
Please read my Daily Caller op-ed: “De-competition De-competition De-competition” here.
- De-competition is regulation that undermines competition in order to justify more regulation.
As one can see from the “de-competition” series below, this isn’t the first time the FCC has turned to de-competition policy.
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FCC De-Competition Series
Part 1:Harms of a Potential New FCC De-Competition Policy – Reply Comments to FCC Open Internet NPRM [4-5-10]
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2014-09-09 18:25
FCC Open Internet Order Remand Request for Comments (GN Docket No. 14-28) Submitted by: Scott Cleland, Chairman of NetCompetition, September 9, 2014
The case against the FCC regulating broadband as a telephone utility is overwhelming. Please see eight strong arguments against FCC Title II reclassification of broadband below.
The Summary Case against FCC Title II Reclassification of Broadband
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The FCC rejected Title II reclassification in 2010 for many good reasons.
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Broadband info services classification is consistent with law, national policy, and FCC precedent.
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Thu, 2014-09-04 21:26
What is the FCC’s definition of “competition?” That is the defining question and take-away from FCC Chairman Wheeler’s latest broadband speech, “The Facts and Future of Broadband Competition.”
Tellingly the Chairman said: “Since my first day as Chairman of the FCC my mantra has been consistent and concise: Competition, Competition, Competition.” Well then, it seems especially important to understand exactly what the FCC Chairman means when he says the FCC is singularly focused on “Competition.”
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2014-09-02 10:44
Via their Congresswoman, Silicon Valley is trying to redefine net neutrality for their benefit under the benign guise of “rebranding.”
Their desired re-definition is that net neutrality now should be the principle that “all bits are created equal.”
This is an unreasonable utopian escalation of the net neutrality debate. An “all bits are created equal” or “bit equality” principle would be a radical departure from the current decade-old “network neutrality” principle that the American Internet has long operated under.
Everyone knows that “neutrality” and “equality” are not synonyms and are not honestly used as interchangeable concepts in conversation, policy discourse, branding, or the law.
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2014-08-20 14:13
Pro-regulation interests often resort to highly misleading arguments to advance their cause. Fortunately that kind of deception ultimately exposes the weakness of their underlying argument and public policy position.
To promote Netflix’ “strong” version of net neutrality regulation and to oppose the Comcast-TWC acquisition, Consumerist just framed a very deceptive whopper competition argument: “Comcast says mobile data is competitive, but it costs $2k to stream Breaking Bad over LTE.”
Submitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2014-08-06 17:24
The Daily Record reports that the Maryland Public Service Commission ruled that Uber is a common carrier subject to its regulatory jurisdiction.
The PSC stated: “[W]hen viewed in their totality, the undisputed facts and circumstances in this case make it clear that Uber is engaged in the public transportation of persons for hire. Thus, Uber is a common carrier and a public service company over whom the Commission has jurisdiction…”
In 60 days, PSC will draft “new regulations that protect the public interest,but also reflect the evolving nature of transportation services like Uber.”
Uber has threatened to leave the state if Uber is treated the same as their regulated taxi and transportation-for-hire competitors are under Maryland law.
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