A Better Way: on Technology


Bill Shuster: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Bob Goodlatte: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Fred Upton: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Jason Chaffetz: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Jeb Hensarling: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Lamar Smith: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Mike Conaway: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Paul Ryan: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Republican Party: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Rob Bishop: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

Steve Chabot: Competitive & innovative nternet access instead of FCC rules

Case Study: The FCCs Treatment of the Internet as a Utility

Despite the success of the largely unregulated Internet, the FCC has long sought to have more regulatory control over it. These efforts culminated in the FCC's February 2015 order applying the Communications Act of 1934--law written for the monopoly telegraph era--to assert regulatory control over Internet access in the name of an "open Internet." This would effectively prohibit "free" data.

Taskforce Solution: In the competitive market for Internet access service, particularly the wireless broadband market, participants routinely compete for customers not only on price, but on innovative service plans. This flexibility allowed the early wireless industry to innovate in service offerings, eliminating the concept of long-distance service, plans that included "buckets of minutes", and subsidizing customer equipment through contracts. The country cannot afford to cast the FCC's dark shadow of the question of how to innovate.

Source: A Better Way: Our Vision for the Economy (GOP Blueprint) Jun 14, 2016

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