Congress must modernize communications regulations to protect competition and consumers

[Commentary] The key problem with the current telecommunications legal framework is that it is not technology neutral.

By creating regulatory silos for the telephone network (Title II), radio (Title III) and cable TV (Title VI), it allows one technology to be favored -- or regulated -- at the expense of others. Classifications have fulfilled their useful life, but they are now obsolete, and should be retired. All technologies should be able to compete equally in the marketplace without special treatment from regulatory silos. There is not a level playing field today, but there could be if the Communications Act is modernized.