DOJ's Measured comments on National Broadband Plan

[Commentary] A closer look at the Department of Justice filing on the National Broadband Plan:

1) The DoJ recommends that the Federal Communications Commission go beyond information about infrastructure and availability to look closely at actual pricing.

2) DoJ suggests that the highest value use for new spectrum may actually be to make it available for license by new rivals.

3) The FCC could promote standardized information provision - akin to nutrition labeling.

4) The FCC should monitor closely those markets that have just one or two high-speed Internet access providers. Price regulation may not make sense for residential Internet access services, unless (perhaps) affordability is an important factor for consumers. We don't know yet how strongly correlated affordability is with adoption.