NCTA: Title II Fans Are Fearmongering

Cable operator and broadband providers call the suggestion that Title II is essential to safeguarding the virtuous circle of investment and innovation "preposterous" and the supposed demise of openness under a Title I regime "fearmongering." That was in NCTA-The Internet & Television Association's comments on net neutrality at the Federal Communications Commission.

NCTA said Title II proponents were relying on misleading analyses and manipulating data to "explain away" the harms of Title II common carrier regulations. NCTA said a dozen economists have submitted studies documenting Title II's reduction in the rate of investment. The trade group provided several options for regulating the internet going forward, though it said such regulation wasn't really needed. "While market forces are sufficient to ensure that BIAS providers continue to act in the interests of consumers, the record also confirms that there are several options for creating an appropriately tailored regulatory backstop," it told the commission.