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[ NNSquad ] [IP] Re: American Broadband Market Works, Economists Say
----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:55:00 -0400 From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Re: American Broadband Market Works, Economists Say Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: From: Stagg Newman <lsnewmanjr@yahoo.com> Date: June 16, 2009 3:35:47 PM EDT To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>, dave@farber.net Subject: Re: [IP] American Broadband Market Works, Economists Say >From the Progress and Freedom Foundation web site (see below), we found their supporters include ATT, Verizon, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and the National Cable Television Association among others. Supporters of The Progress & Freedom Foundation include - AT&T CBS Corporation Comcast Corporation CompTIA Cox Enterprises DIRECTV EMI Group Entertainment Software Association Intel Corporation GoDaddy.com, Inc. Google Inc. Microsoft Corporation National Cable & Telecommunications Association NBC Universal The News Corporation Limited Oracle Corporation Sony & BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. Time Warner Inc. Time Warner Cable T-Mobile VeriSign, Inc. Verizon Communications Viacom Inc. Vivendi The Walt Disney Company --- On Tue, 6/16/09, David Farber <dave@farber.net> wrote: From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] American Broadband Market Works, Economists Say To: "ip" <ip@v2.listbox.com> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 1:39 PM Begin forwarded message: From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks) Date: June 16, 2009 11:06:13 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy@warpspeed.com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] American Broadband Market Works, Economists Say AMERICAN BROADBAND MARKET WORKS, ECONOMISTS SAY Reports of the death of American broadband have been greatly exaggerated, said a group of economists Friday at a panel on broadband market competition sponsored by the Progress and Freedom Foundation. Because American broadband was deregulated just five years ago, "competition is driving innovation," says Emperis managing partner Jeffrey Eisenach. But Information Technology and Innovative Foundation President Rob Atkinson said there is a difference between government "facilitation" of deregulation and actual deregulation on the broadband system. "I think we are behind, and I think it is a duopoly," he said. But Americans are "lucky to have two pipes" compared with many countries, he said. Introducing a municipal third pipe would be "overbuilding [and] a huge waste of money." <http://broadbandcensus.com/2009/06/american-broadband-market-works-economists-say/ > Courtesy of the Benton Foundation <http://www.benton.org> RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----