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FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell
Who Should Solve This Internet Crisis?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 28, 2008 - 7:27amLast updated: July 28, 2008 - 7:28am
The Internet has flourished because it has operated under the principle that engineers, not politicians or bureaucrats, should solve engineering problems. Today, a new challenge is upon us. Pipes are filling rapidly with "peer-to-peer" ("P2P") file-sharing applications that crowd out other content and slow speeds for millions.
