On Friday, the nation’s largest broadband companies sent a letter to the White House stating the FCC is failing to comply with President Obama’s directive to slash unnecessary regulations and to propose reforms or repeal rules during its own regulatory review. "The existing regulatory paradigm is ill-suited to respond to the radical developments in network architecture experienced over the past two decades and to anticipate the convergence that characterizes the modern marketplace. Getting the regulatory framework right is crucial to continued broadband investment and innovation—and, in turn, to economic growth and job creation, global competitiveness, and consumer welfare," the letter reads.

Additionally, the companies offered suggestions on how the FCC can streamline regulations to promote broadband deployment. The suggestions included: rely more heavily on the market, resist predictive judgments about technology trends, avoid making data fit predetermined outcomes, accelerate its decision making speed, and embrace the limits of its authority.

The letter was signed by Broadband for America Co-Chairmen Michael Powell and Harold Ford, Jr. along with representatives from Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, NCTA, U.S. Telecom, Time Warner Cable, and CTIA.

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