Healthy and Beneficial Broadband Pricing

[Commentary] Yes, this was the week of the Facebook debacle and the Google-Oracle decision, but we focus our weekly review instead on some remarks by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski at The Cable Show in Boston. He said, “usage-based pricing could be healthy and beneficial” for broadband and high-tech industries. “Business model innovation is very important,” he said. “There was a point of view a couple years ago that there was only one permissible pricing model for broadband. I didn’t agree.”