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Washington Examiner: Regulating the Internet as a utility would cost households billions

12.04.2014

The Washington Examiner profiled a new report by PPI Senior Fellow Hal Singer and Robert Litan, opposing President Obama’s stance on net neutrality. “Outdated Regulations Will Make Consumers Pay More for Broadband” warns against reclassification of broadband as a Title II service.

Litan and Singer looked at the average prices for broadband access and mobile service across the United States, and then examined the non-business state and local fees applied to those prices to find their data. The results are outlined in a new policy brief published by the Progressive Policy Institute, a center-left think tank focused on “progressive, market-friendly ideas.”

Read the full article at The Washington Examiner.