Free Press took issue Friday with comments by FCC Commissioner Robert...
Free Press took issue Friday with comments by FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell at the Free State Foundation that the FCC’s net neutrality order may have chilled investment in broadband (CD Oct 19 p6). “Let’s look at the facts: After the…
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FCC adopted its Open Internet rules in December 2010, broadband providers continued to slowly increase network capacity by using more efficient and less capital-intensive technologies,” Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood said on the group’s blog (http://xrl.us/bnu3sb). “Cable providers continued their deployment of next-generation broadband technology across the majority of their service territories. Verizon upgraded most of its wireless network to 4G LTE, and AT&T carried out its LTE upgrades according to the plans it had in place before the FCC adopted its rules.”