The government’s regulatory role in the broadband economy should be...
The government’s regulatory role in the broadband economy should be limited to allow for innovation, two economists said as part of a Tuesday teleconference hosted by the Internet Innovation Alliance and featuring panelists from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and…
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American Consumer Institute (ACI). “The more that the FCC tries to exercise regulatory control over broadband and wireless and apps, what happens is they run the risk of squeezing out the innovation,” said PPI Chief Economic Strategist Mike Mandel. In terms of public policy, the U.S. should “encourage investment innovation into IT, which has created economic growth and jobs” in contrast to many sectors of the economy in recent years, said ACI Senior Fellow Joseph Fuhr. Mandel emphasized that investing in broadband is always better and leads to more competition and growth. “What we need to do is look at this tax policy and try to make it easier and not add these regulatory costs,” Fuhr said.