And how the world has changed but it is also the industries that have changed in the sense that this is a Corporate Structure that is out there now as well a lot of consolidation going on in Companies Getting into various areas of the business of at one point they are acting like a commentary, including a content provider and so forth. You mentioned the distinction between Information Services and Telecommunications Services in this law. Is that a meaningful distinction today . I think over time it should not be. We are entering a world in which a bid is a bed Data Networks follow radically different characteristics than the one that inform this written in the 30s or the 90s. Its one of the highly contentious issues related to ambiguity and its even more inapplicable to modern functions and modern networks and i think that we will be ironing out this governing body for years to come and how it is properly applied, networks that do not behave in the way that these are. You say in your t
Explicitly say you shall not regulate or oversee the internet under title 2. Do you agree with that . As ive testified consistently, i think the cost and damage to americans ambitions of bradband in title 2 far outweigh the benefits. I think if the narrow task before us is to create solid bullet proof Net Neutrality, which we accept, we believe that can be done without resorting to that hammer. Mr. Chairman, i want to thank the former chairman for those comments. I do believe that its wise to put this out as a draft. I think there are some very valid questions and my friends on the minority are asking some of those questions about how to perfect the language. I have some concerns myself about certain parts of the draft. But the base principle, the fact we should not regulate the internet under title 2, i think is beyond question. If we start from that premise i think the discussion draft is an excellent document and we can iron out the details through these hearings. If you take it to
Nd so long as it is not inconsistent with the rest of it. It gives a most any authority to the fcc. This is a broad expansion. I pose the question, what happens when an fcc not to their liking grabs the regulatory throttle. That means that amazon betsy and every other m internet based company should be prepared to meet its new regulator. Look no further than your fellow witnesses, mr. Powell and miss baker, former regulators who currently represent the regulated. We who are elected to write the law and set the communications policy. My priority is to protect consumers and the internet we rely upon. My priority is to encourage its expansion and to various segments of our population that are underserved and too often ignored. We have taken on complicated medications challenges and produced good legislative solutions. We are stood up to special interests and stood with the American People. The draft legislative proposal represents our good faith effort. Our committee will not ignore our r
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