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September 7, 2018 by Rick Boucher Originally published at Bloomberg BNA

Congress Needs to Put the Net Neutrality Debate to Rest to Help Close the Digital Divide

The statutory designation of broadband as a Title I information service is one key to putting the net neutrality debate to rest, and it’s also essential to creating a regulatory climate appropriate for broadband investment in rural areas.

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August 9, 2018 by Bruce Mehlman Originally published at InsideSources

Congress Got This One Right – Retire Old Regulations

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.

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July 31, 2018 by Rick Boucher Originally published at Morning Consult

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.

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July 3, 2018 by Rick Boucher Originally published at Clarion Ledger

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.

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June 15, 2018 by Bruce Mehlman Originally published at Light Reading

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.

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June 11, 2018 by Kim Keenan Originally published at Multichannel News

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.

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June 11, 2018 by IIA Originally published at The Washington Examiner

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.

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June 1, 2018 by Rick Boucher Originally published at Capitol Weekly

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.

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May 18, 2018 by Bruce Mehlman Originally published at Investor's Business Daily

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.

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May 7, 2018 by Rick Boucher Originally published at The Mercury News

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.

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April 16, 2018 by Kim Keenan Originally published at Bloomberg BNA

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.

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April 10, 2018 by Kim Keenan Originally published at theGrio

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.

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