The FCC's disingenuous 'third way' on broadband

[Commentary] Despite his protestations to the contrary, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is about to reverse a 25-year bipartisan tradition of removing heavy-handed public-utility-type regulations over new technologies and services. Although Chairman Genachowski maintains that such regulatory interventions will be "modest," Genachowski's proposed approach is entirely disingenuous. Instead, for those of us who study this industry closely, it is readily apparent that the FCC now wants to regulate almost all aspects of the Internet.

[Lawrence Spiwak is president of the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies]