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October 31, 2023NEW FCC RULES PROPOSED FOR BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE PROVIDERSProtecting the Open Internet or a Solution Without a Problem?On…
The Federal Communications Commission is much in the news this year, with headline investigations into the antics of Janet Jackson and Howard Stern. Yet, regardless of the merits of its campaign against indecency, and the attention it generates, the average American likely will be much more affected by the agency's less glamorous, wonk-infested work in telephone policy.
The Bush Administration has set a national goal for the spread ofbroadband communications by the year 2007. The broad objective isto create universal affordable access for broadband by the year2007. Government and FCC rules and regulations should ensure thatbroadband providers have adequate incentives to invest in thiscapital-intensive industry.
Almost buried in President George W. Bush's 50-minute State of theUnion Address was one line on an issue that could be key toAmerica's economic recovery: regulation. If this signals a renewedeffort to reduce the burden of regulation from the economy, it iswelcome news.