Strings attached to stimulus funding would make for unfair regulation

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
Date: February 6, 2009 11:53:42 AM EST
To: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>, "Ip ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Strings attached to stimulus funding would make for unfair  
regulation

Dave, and everyone:

The op-ed piece at

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?c919c720-59bb-4034-801a-d7d7ee34ef93

makes a few excellent points about broadband stimulus funding. If  
"open access" or "network neutrality" regulation is tied to the money,  
we will have an uneven playing field; competitors will be regulated  
differently, with new entrants (who would be stimulated to enter by  
the funding) weaker than existing players. Perhaps any such regulation  
should be considered outside the stimulus package so that it is  
applied uniformly, if at all.

--Brett Glass





-------------------------------------------
Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/
Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com