Article: Forcing Access on Cable to Unaffiliated Internet Service Providers Would be Dubious `First' for Pennsylvania.

Proposed Law Would Do More Harm Than Good, Hands Off The Internet President

Tells State Lawmakers

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania lawmakers should resist the urge to be the first state to regulate the Internet and reject a proposal that would force cable companies to provide access to their systems by unaffiliated Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the president of Hands Off The Internet today told the House Consumer Affairs Committee.

Noting that even the Federal Communications Commission has thus far resisted movement toward government regulation of the Internet, Hands Off The Internet President Chris Wolf said competition and free market ...

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