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The Internet Innovation Alliance is a broad-based coalition of business and non-profit organizations that aim to ensure every American, regardless of race, income or geography, has access to the critical tool that is broadband Internet. The IIA seeks to promote public policies that support equal opportunity for universal broadband availability and adoption so that everyone, everywhere can seize the benefits of the Internet - from education to health care, employment to community building, civic engagement and beyond.

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Research Area Title II

Blanket prohibitions on particular types of network management are dangerous, particularly for firms that have higher costs (small firms and rural firms).

Tags: economy, network infrastructure

“Expanding the Digital Divide: Network Management Regulations and the Size of Providers” Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 23. October, 2009.
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Network management regulations, to the extent they increase costs, will certainly require policymakers to increase significantly subsidies above currentlevels, which may not be socially optimal.

Tags: economy, consumer benefits, network infrastructure

“Expanding the Digital Divide: Network Management Regulations and the Size of Providers” Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 23. October, 2009.
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Proposals for “network management,” “open network”, “network neutrality” or “application neutrality”regardless of the altruism behind them, are nonetheless very likely to reduce deployment, increase transaction costs, raise prices, reduce quality, and even potentially lead to increased industry concentration.

Tags: broadband traffic, economy, consumer benefits, network infrastructure

“Expanding the Digital Divide: Network Management Regulations and the Size of Providers” Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 23. October, 2009.
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