Government,
Administrative/Regulatory
Nov. 20, 2014
Don't tread on the Internet
If the FCC subjects broadband services to the same regulations that apply to traditional telephone services, the results will inhibit the Internet's ability to thrive free from government oversight.
Bennett L. Ross
Partner
Wiley Rein LLP
Email: bross@wileyrein.com
With more than 20 years of experience in the communications industry, Bennett is a trusted advisor to telecommunications carriers, equipment manufacturers, technology companies, and other clients seeking to navigate the complexities of the U.S. communications regulatory regime.
Brett Shumate
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Brett is a deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Division of the Federal Programs Branch.
Just like the wall that defends the northern border of the Seven Kingdoms in "Game of Thrones," the line between information services (such as computer processing) and telecommunications services has stood for decades as an impregnable fortress designed to protect the computing industry and the Internet from wildlings innocuously dressed as regulators. At the urging of President Barack Obama, however, the Federal Communications Commission may be poised to breach that wall by subjecting b...
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