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Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2009-09-21 13:53
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2009
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NetCompetition.org Comments on Proposed FCC Preemptive Regulation of the Internet
FCC Risks Killing the Golden Goose of the Internet – Mutual Self-Interest and Cooperation
WASHINGTON – In response to the Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s call today for preemptive regulation of the Internet, NetCompetition.org Chairman Scott Cleland offered three comments for attribution:
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“The FCC risks killing the proverbial Internet Goose that lays the golden eggs. The productive basis of the Internet is mutual self interest, unforced cooperation, and inclusive incentives; however, forcing special outcomes for the first time via regulatory fiat could do just the opposite – it could diverge mutual interests, discourage cooperation, and exclude networks from the Internet freedom to innovate and invest.”
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“For the first time in fifteen years since the privatization of the Internet, formal FCC net neutrality regulation effectively could takeover the role of the Internet Engineering Task Force’s consensus-driven process ‘to make the Internet work better’-- by having one government unilaterally dictate what Internet protocols and architecture designs are permitted.”
NETCompetition.org is a pro-competition e-forum representing broadband interests. See www.netcompetition.org.
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