On Tuesday of this week I posted a piece to the Huffington Post which outlined the concerns I had over the FCC’s announcement that it wants to change the way the competitive broadband marketplace is regulated (so-called “reclassification”).  The FCC’s approach will bring market uncertainty – uncertainty which has the potential to chill the investment that is desperately needed to get broadband to all Americans. 

As my piece in the Huffington Post cited, there has been no shortage of analyst opinion which supports this view.  And earlier this week, 74 members of the House Democratic caucus weighed in to express their concerns. 

Unfortunately a group on the political fringe – Free Press – has resorted to distortions and hyperbole in response to the concerns I and others have registered over Title 2 reclassification.  Even in this town, political hyperbole has to be held to some kind of reality standard, especially when it concerns something as important as getting broadband into the hands of all Americans.

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