Broadband for America cited a new study by...
Broadband for America cited a new study by Analysys Mason economist Michael Kende as another argument for “sustaining the light-touch regulatory model.” Voice interconnection rules are “ripe for an update” that will steer them away from their legacy roots and…
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into the “21st century,” Broadband for America said Friday in a blog post. “As Internet and wireless services have developed, they have done so with less regulation than the PSTN at all at the hands of the federal government,” the group said (http://bit.ly/15ogrdz). Kende said in the study, released Wednesday, that “as voice communications rapidly migrate to the Internet and IP platforms, it is not appropriate to apply legacy voice interconnection regulations to IP voice communications because they are not needed and competition could be distorted.” The Internet’s multistakeholder approach is a stark contrast to the regulatory approach of PSTN, as well as “an instructive example of how an unregulated network can thrive,” Kende said (http://bit.ly/ZxVRnh).