Press Releases

NetCompetition Statement on Verizon/Cable-SpectrumCo Transaction...

MCLEAN, Va. – Today, the President of Precursor, LLC, Scott Cleland, released a white paper that warns of the dangers and unintended consequences of a more government-centric broadband policy. In his white paper entitled, “Don’t be Fooled by the National Broadband Policy ‘Straw Man,’ Cleland...

WASHINGTON—Scott Cleland, chairman of NetCompetition.org, today questioned why the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is using today’s hearing, “H.R. 5353, the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008,” to focus on net neutrality legislation. Preemptive regulation, when the Internet is flourishing...

WASHINGTON—Scott Cleland, chairman of NetCompetition.org, today questioned why the Senate Commerce Committee would focus on promoting net neutrality in its “Future of the Internet” hearing, when the Internet is flourishing and does not need ‘saving,’ and when unprecedented preemptive regulation of the Internet could worsen...

Tech companies are pushing regulators to abandon property ownership rules, one critic says Tech companies pushing for access to spectrum “white spaces” and for net neutrality and open access on broadband and wireless networks have an antiproperty agenda, says one critic. Open access and other...

I debated David Ewalt on G4TV’s Attack of the Show on the subject of Google’s intention to bid for spectrum in the upcoming 700 MHz auction.   source: http://blogs.forbes.com/digitaldownload/2007/08/will-google-sav.html...

Scott Cleland, Chairman of NetCompetition.org, urges Congress to continue to promote free-market policies to build the next generation Internet Today, the Chairman of NetCompetition.org, Scott Cleland, urged the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet to continue to promote free-market policies designed to expand high-speed...

Scott Cleland, of NetCompetition.org, calls on the Congress to promote broadband deployment and reject network neutrality Today, the Chairman of NetCompetition.org, Scott Cleland, urged the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and the Senate Commerce Committee to promote policies designed to expand high-speed broadband...

Today, the Chairman of NetCompetition.org, Scott Cleland, urged the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet to work with the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to keep the Internet unfettered by Federal or state regulation. “The Internet is the greatest de-regulation success story of all time....

I thought you’d find this of interest: http://netcompetition.org/index.php/20/             source: http://www.netcompetition.org/docs/podcasts/cleland_090506.mp3...