Armey to House judiciary: oppose net neutrality mandates
FreedomWorks
by Dick Armey
05/24/06
On behalf of 800,000 grassroots activists across the country, I urge you to reject H.R. 5417. Not only are new regulations of the Internet unnecessary in alleviating antitrust concerns, they would, in fact, exacerbate them. Concerns of potential antitrust violations, which have spurred the latest legislation, are exaggerated at best. These fears overlook three important facts: (1) the FCC already has sufficient authority under existing law to regulate and correct anticompetitive practices; (2) the robust broadband market ensures that providers will not abuse their (limited) market power; and (3) efforts to enforce net neutrality mandates may have the perverse political and economic consequence of consolidating the broadband market even further...
http://tinyurl.com/er4va
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Dick Armey
05/24/06
On behalf of 800,000 grassroots activists across the country, I urge you to reject H.R. 5417. Not only are new regulations of the Internet unnecessary in alleviating antitrust concerns, they would, in fact, exacerbate them. Concerns of potential antitrust violations, which have spurred the latest legislation, are exaggerated at best. These fears overlook three important facts: (1) the FCC already has sufficient authority under existing law to regulate and correct anticompetitive practices; (2) the robust broadband market ensures that providers will not abuse their (limited) market power; and (3) efforts to enforce net neutrality mandates may have the perverse political and economic consequence of consolidating the broadband market even further...
http://tinyurl.com/er4va
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 25. Mai, 17:53
