Don't let Network Neutrality foes stifle innovation

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[Commentary] The latest push for Network neutrality rules has stirred quite a heated debate. If you look at history, it's often been small, initially anonymous companies that drove technology innovation, creativity and competition. The biggest companies were often the slowest to innovate but the fastest to obstruct, if not outright kill innovation. Net neutrality favors and encourages the swift. If entities can blast as much as 30 Mbps or more through a wireless network, net neutrality rules aren't a burden because capacity isn't scarce, plus the rules remove barriers incumbents could put in the way. Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski and net neutrality advocates should not back down from their position.


Don't let Network Neutrality foes stifle innovation