[IP] American Broadband Market Works, Economists Say

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: June 16, 2009 11:06:13 AM EDT
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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/ 
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