U.S. Chamber of Commerce Radio Actuality 
Monday, May 22, 2006 

"Net Neutrality Legislation" (:50 )

TEXT


Telecommunications is the central nervous system of the 

American economy.  Information traveling via the internet will 

increase 500 percent by the year 2020. To avoid information 

highway gridlock, competing telecommunications companies will need 

to invest hundred of billions of dollars to build more fiber lanes. 

Some interest groups want the government to regulate how these 

new information lanes will be used and paid for.  These groups call 

this government regulation of the Internet "net neutrality."  But 

Shakesphere tought us that a rose by any other name is still a 

rose. Well government regulation of the Internet is still 

government regulation of the Internet no matter what one calls it. 

Government regulation of the internet will drive away investors 

and customers will be left with fewer choices and higher prices.  

The internet has succeeded because it has NOT not regulated by the 

government. Don't gridlock our most important means of 

communications.  Reject Net Neutrality. 


-William Kovacs
 Vice President, Environment, Technology & Regulatory      
 Affairs 
 U.S. Chamber of Commerce