Rick Boucher, Author at Internet Innovation Alliance

Recent Contributions from Rick Boucher

Congress Must Act Now to Stop TV Blackouts for Nearly 900,000 Americans

STELAR allows viewers nationwide to receive network programming from a local station when possible or from satellite delivery when necessary. If STELAR is not renewed, there are at least 870,000 mostly rural people who will lose access to at least some network programming.

November 27, 2019

Nationwide Internet Privacy Protections are Within Reach

Op-eds

In Congress, as with the American public, a broad consensus exists that the time is ripe for the enactment of federal consumer data privacy protections. All eyes have now turned to Sens. Cantwell and Wicker with the expectation that they will soon come forward with a bipartisan bill that can attract broad support in both the House and the Senate.

November 22, 2019

Congress Must Act to Stop Balkanization of the Internet

Op-eds

Congress should heed the broad national consensus in support of strong federal privacy protections and pass a bipartisan measure that assures consumers a constant level of protection, regardless of where they happen to be or how they access the internet.

October 30, 2019

STELAR Act Reauthorization Should Top Congress’ Year-End List

Op-eds

As many as 870,000 people — most living in rural areas — would lose access to at least some broadcast network signals if Congress does not renew the STELAR Act.

October 22, 2019

Only Congress Can End the Net Neutrality War

Op-eds

Statutory permanence for internet openness is the only way to end the ongoing uncertainty shrouding the internet ecosystem due to ever-changing rules.

August 29, 2019

Busting the Millennial Privacy Myth

Op-eds

The privacy concerns of Millennials are just about as strong as those of us who were born before the advent of the digital age and the construction of an internet ecosystem that now touches all of our lives.

August 28, 2019

Are Digital Natives Careless or Cautious With Their Data?

Op-eds

According to a new survey, the assumption that Millennials are not very concerned about online privacy because they grew up with the internet is clearly false.

July 31, 2019

Data Privacy Rules Should Create Consistency, Not Chaos

Op-eds

A single, strong national data privacy standard would provide clear rules for companies to follow while fostering consumer understanding of the privacy assurances that have been extended to them.

June 26, 2019

5G Race, Education Could Get Boost From Educational Broadband Auctions

Op-eds

Bloomberg Government recently published an op-ed from IIA Honorary Chairman Rick Boucher on how the EBS spectrum can help ensure America wins the global race to 5G.

June 14, 2019

Don’t Let Title II be the Enemy of the Good

Op-eds

The debate over net neutrality has raged for most of this century. But today there’s a good opportunity to settle it and to stop the regulatory ping-pong that has become a dreary spectacle.

April 16, 2019

The Private Sector Must Lead the Way to 5G

Op-eds

The private sector, not the government, must take the lead in the deployment of 5G technology, and the primary government role should be to continue selling 5G spectrum to the private sector at auction.

April 9, 2019

Dragons Lurk in the Details of Mapping the Digital Divide

Op-eds

Determining which rural areas in the country have broadband service poses a daunting challenge.

April 8, 2019

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