Phoenix Center Responds to Free Press Critique
The FCC grants forbearance in cases in which it finds no dominance in the retail market, said George Ford, chief economist at the Phoenix Center. In the net neutrality issue, the question is different and the agency will have trouble…
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granting forbearance, Ford said. The commission “has explicitly defined the relevant market as 'terminating access' and found that all Broadband Service Providers are 'monopolies' (i.e. 'dominant') in that market,” Ford said. He was responding to criticism from Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood, who said the agency would have difficulty forbearing should it take a Communications Act Title II approach to net neutrality rules (see 1411040036).