Tech Companies Tell FCC to Avoid Title II

Technology manufacturers and suppliers have written the FCC to warn that classifying the Internet under Title II common carrier regs would hurt the Internet and the economy and "jeopardize" investment.

They suggested that a Title II approach could dry up billions of dollars in network investments that help drive their manufacturing businesses.

They say that infrastructure equipment business is expected to grow by more than $4 billion by 2017, growth that Title II regulation would threaten by reducing demand.

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John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.