Broadband for America Honorary Co-Chair Harold Ford Jr. has a new op-ed in Fortune magazine, “A Little Advice for Obama at the Half.” Here are some highlights:

“[T]he President should order his department heads and agency chiefs to declare a moratorium on new regulations until further notice. Whether true or not, business already believes that the Obama administration practices ‘If you can't legislate, regulate.’ The business community needs to be able to look over the hill to make investments that affect the workforce, shareholders, and profitability for the next 10 years, not the next 10 months.”

“The broadband ecosystem is an excellent example of why a moratorium is needed. The network providers have plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars to build out the next generation of broadband. The ability to employ more design engineers, factory workers, programmers, and salespeople lies largely in having confidence that the FCC will not drastically alter the regulatory landscape.”

You can read the full op-ed here.