It’s entirely possible for Congress to enact a net neutrality bill this year, but there is little time to spare. Posturing should give way to negotiating. That’s the only way that both sides of the aisle and both sides of Capitol Hill will be able to point to a real accomplishment: putting core open internet provisions in statute law.
Op-eds
5G Race, Education Could Get Boost From Educational Broadband Auctions
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.
America’s Wireless Strategy: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Nationalizing 5G is NOT the way to beat China to the 5G finish line. Capitalism has advantages, and our track record proves that our 5G strategy is not broken.
Don’t Let Title II be the Enemy of the Good
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.
The Private Sector Must Lead the Way to 5G
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.
Dragons Lurk in the Details of Mapping the Digital Divide
Determining which rural areas in the country have broadband service poses a daunting challenge.
Lessons from Broadcast Spectrum Auction can Help Close the Homework Gap
Opportunities would arise from putting frequencies in the 2.5 GHz Educational Broadband Service spectrum band into an incentive auction. Not only could the government’s share of the proceeds be put toward closing the Homework Gap, but underutilized mid-band spectrum could fuel the deployment of 5G.
Congress, Can We Have Some Privacy Please?
The time is right and ripe for Congress to enact a Privacy Bill of Rights.
There’s a Better Way to Save the Internet Than the “Save the Internet” Act
Net neutrality has been among the most contentious policy issues in telecommunications or almost any other area over the past decade. But there is a real way forward to solve this issue instead of continuing to debate it at a time when the country should be focusing on advancing 5G technology.
Congress Should Say No More Secrets with Privacy Practices
The misuse of information collected from internet users continues to be a critical problem. The time has come for Congress to create a national data privacy standard applicable to everyone in the internet ecosystem.
Congress Needs to Raise the Curtain on Data Use with Straightforward Privacy Rules
Every major website uses Application Program Interfaces (API) to work behind the scenes to gather, share, and utilize your data. If you are neither aware nor careful, you will give away far more data than you intend, to those you do not intend to have it.
It’s Fitting that Congress is Focused on Accelerating Our 5G Future
Because 5G is so much more powerful than the previous generations of mobile technology, the need for spectrum to take advantage of 5G’s potential is likewise more complex. Congress can help by passing the AIRWAVES Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in the last Congress which would establish a schedule for future spectrum auctions over the next five years to help ensure U.S. preeminence in 5G.