Greg F Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 For a historical perspective, a comparison of results between the EU's Title II style regulation and the U.S. hands off policy. http://internetinnovation.org/images/misc_content/Impact_of_Title_II_Regulation_on_Comms_Investment_-_FINAL.pdf Comprehensive data covering 2011 and 2012 reveal that the deregulatory approach has produced significantly more capital investment, competition, and broadband coverage in the US. Even the European Commission (EC) has acknowledged its Title II-style regulatory approach is the reason European broadband networks have fallen behind those in the US. The data indicate that the significantly lower levels of capital investment, competition, and broadband coverage in the EU are attributable to its Title II regulatory approach. Last year, the EU government itself acknowledged that investments in high speed broadband are taking place more quickly in the US and concluded that EU regulatory policy was to blame. The EU determined that Europe must adopt investment-friendly broadband policies in order to maintain its global competitiveness. Ironically, the US is poised to go in the opposite direction. The FCC is expected to impose Title II regulation on broadband providers when it votes on net neutrality rules in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 ROBERT MCDOWELL: Overturn The FCC’s Power Grab. Thursday marked the largest government intervention into the Internet ecosphere in American history. By equating the dynamic 21st century Internet to the telephone system of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission has thrust powerful but antiquated utility-style regulations onto the U.S. tech economy. . . . The FCC’s power grab discards the bipartisan light-touch regulatory framework laid out during the Clinton administration. That hands-off approach made the Net the greatest deregulatory success story of all time. History teaches us that utility-style regulation raises costs to consumers, reduces investment and innovation, and creates uncertainty due to the politics-driven nature of “mother may I innovate” government mandates. Regulation only grows. Now the Internet cannot escape that fate. The ultimate result of more government encroachment will be something akin to the sagging European Internet market, where investment in broadband infrastructure is only one-fourth of America’s due to heavy-handed regulations. Even worse, this new power grab could trigger expanded intergovernmental powers over the Web through existing telecom treaties, jeopardizing Internet freedom. What many in Silicon Valley don’t understand is that, according to the Supreme Court’s 2005 Brand X decision, nearly any “tech” company that builds a telecom-style network to deliver its content and apps has the potential to be captured by the FCC’s new rules. If the agency tries to exempt some companies but not others, it will be choosing the politically favored over everyone else. Well, that’s the whole point of this exercise, one suspects. I mean, isn’t it always? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 You can forget about Verizon expanding their FIOS offering into new areas soon. They're dropping the Left Coast completely to pay for the $5billion they spent at auction on the wireless spectrum. I feel the Internet stagnating already. Thanks Big Brother Kim Jong Un B. O. Putney Swope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I wonder if he'll post this first or he'll finally come through with his explanation of why stealing music is ok that he promised a year ago, The race is still on. It's riveting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 It appears that Netflix has been hypocritical in their claims that carriers were responsible for limiting data to customers. http://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-throttles-its-videos-on-at-t-verizon-phones-1458857424 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 "The rules treat broadband service like a public utility and prevent internet service providers from offering preferential treatment to sites that pay for faster service." http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/14/court-upholds-net-neutrality-rules-for-internet-access.html?intcmp=hplnws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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