(Note: On September 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments in Verizon’s challenge of the Federal Communications Commission’s December 2010 Order on “Preserving the Free and Open Internet.” This series explores fundamental issues at stake.)
While hiccups during the arduous process of emerging from a heavily regulated telecommunications past are inevitable, market failure as such is not stalking the United States’ communications industry.
Even if there existed numerous instances of blockage by Internet access providers, today’s dispute should focus not on the mechanics of how best to implement top-down regulation, but on the very relevance and capabilities of a man-made, imperfect entity like Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in liberalizing infrastructure for tomorrow’s users……To Read More……
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