Perspectives from FSF Scholars August 2, 2022 Vol. 17, No. 38

Nevertheless, here comes the Net Neutrality Groundhog again! With the Federal Communications Commission deadlocked 2-2, it is unable to reinstitute the common carrier regime for Internet service providers (ISPs) jettisoned by the agency in January 2018. [...] Doris Matsui, (D-CA), introduced the "Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act" in both the Senate and House. [...] The bill would classify ISPs as common carriers and reinstate inflexible nondiscrimination prohibitions, which, as the Washington Post's Cristiano Lima explained, would have “massive implications” for the technology industry and the rest of the economy. [...] Second, the market for broadband Internet services is already effectively competitive in most of the United States and is becoming more competitive in those areas where it is not already. [...] The views expressed in this Perspectives do not necessarily reflect the views of others on the staff of the Free State Foundation or those affiliated with it.