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Will Deregulating Broadband Kill Choice?

Daniel Fleshbourne Administrator Neowin @dfleshbourne · Jul 2, 2002 08:43 EDT with -1 comments

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The Federal Communications Commission's proposal to deregulate broadband will stick consumers with high prices and low-quality service, the Consumer Federation of America and the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel charge.

"The FCC is proposing to wipe out a whole level of competition," says Laurie Pappas, deputy public counsel for the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel. The state agency represents residential and small commercial customers of public utility services, including telephone and high-speed Internet services.

"[FCC Chairman] Michael Powell and the FCC are allowing [network] facility owners to strangle the Internet," says Mark Cooper, research director for the CFA. "Smaller ISPs have been all but banned from the high-speed Internet." The organizations jointly released their report on Monday.

News source: PCWorld