U.S. Chamber of Commerce adopted broadband policy that urged ‘con...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce adopted broadband policy that urged “concerted effort between government and business to promote awareness of broadband products, applications and services and to support the development of advanced applications.” Chamber said joint activities should include establishment…
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of collaborative pilot programs, exhibits and related research. Chamber’s policy document added that: “Incentives can be an effective tool to spur broadband deployment. Government should develop a targeted strategy to encourage investment and availability of broadband services and applications.” On regulatory policy, Chamber said: “When a marketplace is governed effectively by market dynamics, the government should seek to minimize regulatory burdens… The federal government should seek regulatory predictability and parity, and should refrain, to the maximum extent possible, from regulating broadband services so as to provide certainty in the marketplace and foster investment in broadband technology… Federal regulation should preempt state regulation of broadband rates, services and infrastructure.” On spectrum management, Chamber said federal govt. should develop “comprehensive, unified, national spectrum management strategy” that relies on market forces “to determine the most efficient and effective uses for commercial spectrum while providing for other uses of spectrum in the public interest.” On universal service, Chamber statement recommended against expanding current universal service funding to broadband services: “Government mandates to deploy broadband in underserved, high cost areas of the country should be funded either from general appropriations or by incentives to industry to provide services to these populations.”