May 2004 —
Executive Summary
Charles Ferguson has published a book that advocates a major increase in government intervention in the U.S. market for high-speed, "broadband" Internet services. His proposals are based on a faulty understanding of the effects of current telecommunications regulation and unsubstantiated claims that current participants in the broadband marketplace are exercising monopoly power.
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His policy recommendations would not only fail to accelerate the pace of broadband diffusion in the United States, but they would surely provide a disincentive for carriers to invest in the network upgrades required to extend broadband and to provide even higher-speed Internet access for U.S. consumers.