Broadband Reports says it best:
FCC Chief: Net Neutrali-wha?
There is no need for the FCC to adopt rules protecting consumers’ ability to use whatever IP services they see fit, FCC chief Kevin Martin said today.
“I’m hesitant to adopt rules that would prevent anti-competitive behavior where there hasn’t been significant evidence of a problem,” says Martin, just one day after the Boston Globe reported AT&T and BellSouth wanted to de-prioritize the traffic of websites, VoIP providers, and any other content carriers and competitors who didn’t pay them. Also recall AT&T CEO Whitacre’s recent comments.
Today was apparently FCC chairman Kevin Martin’s birthday — and he celebrated it by having a bunch of big telco execs sing him “Happy Birthday” (you wonder, did they get the rights first?). Then, to return the favor, he gave them all a few birthday presents. First, he said that taxing VoIP systems was a good idea…
FCC chairman Martin sometimes seems more like a clumsy political appointee than an astute policy wonk. Martin’s staff might serve the country more objectively if they put away those San Antonio brochures.
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