Tauzin's bill would freeze local monopolies in place and allow the Bells to leverage their hold on the last mile into dominance in broadband as well.

Releasing the regional Bell monopolies from their obligations under the Telecommunications Act of 1996would kill competition and innovation.

The snail’s pace of deployment of broadband Internet access to American households and the recent collapse of many "CLECs"--competitive local exchange carriers offering local communications services in competition with the regional Bell companies--have provoked furious debates over essential features of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. One legislative proposal--the...

The broadband disaster is not strictly a business matter; its causes and its remedy are, in fact, political.

Having encountered un-Chicago-like dissent and disagreement in Washington, Obama has responded with classic Chicago brass knuckles.

Giving in to the Bells's demands for a rollback of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is a prescription for disaster that will throttle the prospects of the New Economy for decades to come.

Under the Obama administration, government's pets use government to get policies that will give them competitive advantages and stifle smaller competitors.

Why is broadband so important ?