IP: PFF paper advises new FCC commissioners to deregulate now

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

why was I not surprised by their advice :-) djf


> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 12:00:13 -0400
> To: politech () politechbot com
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
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> From: Randy May <rmay () pff org>
> To: "Declan McCullagh (E-mail)" <declan () well com>
> Subject: FCC Reform Agenda
> Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 10:21:34 -0400
>
> Declan---
>
>         With three new FCC commissioners expected to come aboard within a
> couple of weeks, I thought the Politech list might be interested in the
> paper I just released entitled, "A Reform Agenda for the New FCC".  In the
> paper I suggest that in order to carry out the "pro-competitive,
> deregulatory" professed vision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the
> new commission should do the following as quickly as possible: 1. Change its
> strategic objective from "market facilitation" to deregulation; 2. Establish
> a technology-neutral deregulatory regime for broadband services; 3. Reduce
> excessive forced facilities-sharing requirements on telecom networks; 4.
> Limit the scope of the "public interest" doctrine; 5. Establish an
> economically efficient regime for intercarrier compensation that gets rid of
> most of the subsidies built in to today's access charge and reciprocal
> compensation regimes.
>
>         This is an ambitious program and one not easily accomplished.  But
> the Commission must achieve real movement in this direction if we are going
> to have communications policies approppriate for the digital age.  The full
> paper may be found at http://www.pff.org/POP8.9ReformAgendaFCC.pdf
>
>         Thanks.
>         Randy
>
>
> Randolph J. May
> Senior Fellow and Director of Communications Policy Studies
> The Progress & Freedom Foundation
> 1301 K Street, NW
> Suite 550 East
> Washington, DC 20005
> Tel. 202-289-8928
> Fax.202-289-6079
> e-mail: rmay () pff org
>
>
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