ISPs' COVID Response Said To Negate Net Neutrality Rules

Generous actions from internet service providers during the coronavirus pandemic prove that broad, now-repealed net neutrality rules were always unnecessary, said Roslyn Layton, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Layton said that service providers’ offers to waive cancellations and fees while many Americans are struggling financially demonstrate that ISPs are acting with customers’ best interests in mind and do not require close government oversight. “We have the evidence that we need that there is not the systematic harm that necessitates this kind of regime,” Layton said. “Freedom is so essentially tied into so many aspects of our American character,” said Free State Foundation President Randolph May. “The freedom that was restored for the internet service providers plays a very important role in terms of fostering innovation and investment.”