COVID-19 Shows US Approach to Internet Regulation Works, AEI Says
The U.S. response to COVID-19 validates the FCC got things right when it overturned the 2015 net neutrality rules three years ago, blogged American Enterprise Institute's Matt Au and Bret Swanson Thursday. “The pandemic has validated the historical US approach…
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to broadband that values private investment over government regulation,” they said: “Facing unprecedented increases in demand of 20 to 40 percent during COVID-19 quarantines, American networks and network operators responded admirably, while European regulators had to ask Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon to reduce the quality of their video streams to ease demand on networks.”