Virtually all American businesses have access to BDS. There is simply no justification for intrusive regulation in a market that, by the FCC’s own data, is working and competitive.
Op-eds
FCC Should Follow Signposts for Change With Mobile Broadband
A new survey shows just how fast the market for broadband is changing. Consumers no longer see mobile and fixed internet access alternatives as fundamentally different but use different types of broadband access in similar ways. In other words, mobile and fixed broadband are now functional substitutes.
Mississippi Has a Significant Stake in Outcome of Net Neutrality War
The door is open once again to large-scale broadband investment, but some in Congress are now urging a return of the heavy-handed regulatory treatment imposed on broadband in 2015. That would be a major mistake for the country at large and particularly punishing for broadband investment in our rural regions.
Falling Fiber Gap Further Supports FCC’s BDS Decision
Last year, the FCC reformed how it regulates the business data services market to better reflect the real competition that now exists in that sector — and their decision was correct.
It’s June 11, and the Internet Still Works
IIA Co-Chairwoman Kim Keenan discusses why rolling back net-neutrality rules is the right step forward.
How Congress Got Telecom Competition Right, 22 Years Ago
IIA Co-Chairman Bruce Mehlman discusses his support for the US Telecom Association’s petition requesting forbearance from certain regulations in the 1996 Telecom Act, now that competition is thriving in those areas.
Net Neutrality: Congress Should Step In
Former Congressman Rick Boucher discusses the need for everyone in the internet system to rally around adopting in a statute the core principles of an open internet and strong, uniform privacy protections that apply equally to everyone at every point in the internet continuum.
Putting First Things First: Prioritizing Traffic On The Internet
IIA Co-Chairman Bruce Mehlman argues that policymakers should encourage innovation by letting network managers decide how to prioritize the packets that need priority.
U.S. Should Lead, Not Follow Europe, on Privacy
Former Congressman Rick Boucher argues that the practical effect of the privacy rules proposed by former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler would do little to protect Americans on basic privacy issues and be harmful to the advertising business model of internet edge providers.
Zuckerberg’s Testimony Is a Test: Congress Needs to Act to Protect Privacy
Consumers are largely unaware of what online social platforms do with their personal information. IIA Co-Chairwoman Kim Keenan calls on Congress to enact legislation protecting consumers from unauthorized data harvesting.
Why Congress Must Decide on the Fate of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, and the Personal Data of Millions of Black Americans
IIA Co-Chairwoman Kim Keenan discusses why we should demand that our representatives, regardless of their allegiance to any party, step up and protect our internet privacy regardless of the platform.
5G: Coming to a Community Near You (With the Right Policy in Place)
Broadband is at the heart of 21st-century life, and it will be the underpinning of our economy. The need to deploy the next generation of high-speed mobile broadband service (5G) around the country is nothing less than urgent.