Mobile Future Chairman Jonathan Spalter has an op-ed in today’s edition of Roll Call on the debate over net neutrality. Spalter says that while the broadband industry and members of Congress see the risks of Internet reclassification, there is concern that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will ignore the facts to pursue his own “third way” on increased regulation. Spalter writes:

“But for many consumers and technology innovators, as well as for many on both sides of the aisle in Congress, Genachowski’s Third Way is a nonstarter. The concern, which is deeply felt by many in America’s innovation industries and by the capital and debt markets that support them, is that by resorting to an old-style ‘my way or the highway’ form of regulation, the FCC risks taking America’s innovation economy back to the bad old days of heavy-handed big government, an approach that has proved time and again to be a significant buzzkill for investment and innovation. This is exactly the wrong time, they say, for the FCC to impose a potentially stifling regulatory agenda on a communications marketplace that has been one of the few lasting economic success stories of the past several years, despite the recession, and is poised for a new era of even more growth. However, this growth won’t happen on its own and will require hundreds of billions of dollars in new private-sector investment and risk-taking in order to succeed.”

“I believe Genachowski can responsibly — and with broad consensus — ensure the future of an open Internet by first taking the courageous step of withdrawing his unilateral and controversial Third Way proposal. In its place, he should explicitly recognize that a decision to fundamentally alter the regulatory landscape, especially when it directly implicates the Internet, requires legislative action, and as a result, he should encourage lawmakers in Congress to take on the hard but important work of creating a new, bipartisan and workable framework for continued American growth, investment and innovation in the Internet.”

You can read the full op-ed here.