Our online poll of 102 readers found that 96% wanted manufacturers to be required to disclose the cost of printing on printers and printer cartridges.  Because of the lopsidedness of the tally, the error rate in this poll would be plus or minus 3.9%, assuming respondents are representative of the general population.  Clearly, consumers want more information [...]

Preserves Everything Consumers Have Today and Reinforces FCC Authority, While Protecting the Promise of Future Innovation and Choice
 
We have analyzed the proposed Google/Verizon Net Neutrality agreement and believe that the framework moves the debate closer to resolution by considering the perspectives of opposing sides and finding common ground, reaffirming the four principles for open networks, [...]

Here is a new article by Paul Misener, VP at Amazon, that takes a second look view of the Net Neutrality issue.

37 State Attorney Generals are investigating Google in connection with its Street View, suggesting the possibility that, without permission, Google collected private and personal information on American consumers.  In a letter announcing the investigation, the Connecticut Attorney General asks some probing question about how Google collected its information and provides insight into the direction of the investigation.  Among several issues, the investigation is looking into whether Google collected personal consumer [...]

A Supreme Court of Michigan’s recent decision on insurance regulation is a big victory for consumers.  The state had tried to prevent insurance companies from charging consumers based on risk.  That policy would have led to higher premiums for good car drivers by giving risky drivers lower rates.  Besides the unfairness of such a cross-subsidy, the net [...]

The Importance of Being Capitalized
By Patricia Born 
Efforts to encourage insurers to enter the Florida homeowners market do not appear to be meeting their objectives. The attractiveness of coverage offered by private insurers is putting consumers at an even greater risk as the premiums collected and available capital will likely prove insufficient for paying claims. Florida has [...]

Here comes another potential bailout.
The newly released GAO report, “Natural Catastrophe Insurance Coverage Remains a Challenge for State Programs,” supports ACI’s conclusion that state funds “discourage private market involvement and mitigation.”  The report finds that some states are setting insurance prices below cost, driving out private insurers and putting nearly involvent state-run “public options” in their place. 
So that [...]

 
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American Consumer Institute Reacts to FCC Open Meeting on Broadband Reclassification
 
WASHINGTON – Following the Federal Communications Commission’s open meeting today, Steve Pociask, president of the American Consumer Institute, released the following statement:
 
“Why is the Federal Communications Commission determined to continue down this track of reclassifying broadband?  Members of congress, consumers, technologists [...]

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the FCC did not have full legal authority to regulate the Internet market.  So what did the FCC do about it?
Today, the FCC announced its would use the “best legal framework” for broadband access.  What this really means is that the FCC will change its rules and reclassify broadband services [...]

The daily caller wrote an interesting article about the efforts of Neo-Marxists to regulate the Internet and how their positions are aligned with the White House.  Here is the article: http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/11/the-neomarxist-who-is-helping-to-influence-obamas-media-policy/
Tell us what you think.  Is there a spurious link or is there something afoot?