Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 3:03am
NEUTRALITY RULES WOULD CLOG THE PIPE
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Tom Tauke, Verizon]
[Commentary] Phone giant Verizon's chief lobbyist Tom Tauke makes his company's case, again, against Network Neutrality. "Net neutrality is perhaps the oddest Washington debate I have seen. It amounts to holding a Congressional vote on hypothetical business plans." He concludes, "If policymakers decide that network access cannot be created differently, we drag broadband back to the days where there was no incentive to innovate and very little competition. In a world of 30 or 50 or 100 Megabit networks -- more than enough capacity to meet the needs of everyone -- there are no network problems. In the midst of this healthy, emerging marketplace, imposing regulations isn't a policy approach government should be taking."
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6353464.html?display=Opinion
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