Comments on: What Would Europe Do? http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/01/what_would_euro.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:33:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Maryland Conservatarian http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/01/what_would_euro.html/comment-page-1#comment-55679 Maryland Conservatarian Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:40:56 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/01/what-would-europe-do.html#comment-55679 "Perhaps nondiscrimination rules and even reasonable rate of return regulation for network operators may just be the "three yards & a cloud of dust" underdog America needs to advance to the top 20 in world internet rankings." ...maybe for law professors who stress out over "top Tier" status et al, this kind of ranking seems important but I just don't/can't care that much that someone ranks Estonia above us in some matter. I certainly wouldn't want to use that (ever) as an excuse to implement government policy. After all, years ago academics and our government preached Keynes instead of Schumpeter. Why trust them to be right this time? "the best-intentioned regulators." - Ha! good one... “Perhaps nondiscrimination rules and even reasonable rate of return regulation for network operators may just be the “three yards & a cloud of dust” underdog America needs to advance to the top 20 in world internet rankings.”

…maybe for law professors who stress out over “top Tier” status et al, this kind of ranking seems important but I just don’t/can’t care that much that someone ranks Estonia above us in some matter. I certainly wouldn’t want to use that (ever) as an excuse to implement government policy. After all, years ago academics and our government preached Keynes instead of Schumpeter. Why trust them to be right this time?

“the best-intentioned regulators.” – Ha! good one…

]]> By: Jack S. http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/01/what_would_euro.html/comment-page-1#comment-55678 Jack S. Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:12:28 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/01/what-would-europe-do.html#comment-55678 What would Europe do? Well they certainly wouldn't allow the monopolists to choose the direction of the network for starters. The US has chosen exactly the opposite approach and has failed miserably. There's no mystery as to what works and what doesn't, yet the FCC has maintained it's blinders and forges ahead on a ridiculous strategy. Commissioners Copps and Adelstein seem to be the only ones who have a clue about the market realities. Tate is a joke, daring calling the US internet market as subject to "fierce competition". Partisan? the sad reality is probably yes. Herein lies another difference between the US and Europe. European regulatory authorities operate on well founded antitrust doctrines. FCC regulators operate on partisan lines. I can only imagine what the panel must have been like to listen to the big cable and telco pundits. Who are they trying to kid? What would Europe do? Well they certainly wouldn’t allow the monopolists to choose the direction of the network for starters. The US has chosen exactly the opposite approach and has failed miserably.

There’s no mystery as to what works and what doesn’t, yet the FCC has maintained it’s blinders and forges ahead on a ridiculous strategy. Commissioners Copps and Adelstein seem to be the only ones who have a clue about the market realities. Tate is a joke, daring calling the US internet market as subject to “fierce competition”. Partisan? the sad reality is probably yes. Herein lies another difference between the US and Europe. European regulatory authorities operate on well founded antitrust doctrines. FCC regulators operate on partisan lines.

I can only imagine what the panel must have been like to listen to the big cable and telco pundits. Who are they trying to kid?

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