Three Consumers address: how Internet regulations would harm the environment, by reducing broadband access to telecomuting, teleconferencing, distance learning and other applications; how Internet regulations would reduce consumer welfare; and how regulations that limit price discrimination would harm consumers and reduce network investment.  To read ConsumerGrams click on the links below:
On the envirnoment … nn-and-the-environment
On the Effects [...]

See this article on MSNBC at  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34006530/
For ABC15 in Phoenix see http://www.abc15.com/content/news/investigators/consumeralerts/story/How-to-find-a-printer-that-wont-cost-you-BIG-to/NCHokd0DNUuMMhyIjBiJpw.cspx?p=2

You can view the letter here

Much of the quest for developing a nationwide broadband plan has centered on ubiquitous deployment and online speeds, some arguing for speeds well over 100 mbps.  Other policy wonks have argued that we need more competitors and still others want lower prices.  In response to one Internet Service Provider’s (ISP) attempt to slowdown bandwidth hogs [...]

Last weeks FCC workshop was focused on economic issues in broadband competition . The Commission invited academic experts and senior competition policy officials from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to address one of the foundations of the FCC’s clear intention to impose a variety of new regulations on broadband network and [...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon spell out proposed new government regulations imposed in the name of preserving and fostering “network neutrality.” FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced plans to expand and convert existing FCC network neutrality ”principles” to formal new rules. Importantly to the purpose of this ConsumerGram, the agency would extend the application [...]

Much of the current health care debate centers on the provision of private health insurance versus the public option. On one side of the debate are those who point to private enterprise as the fruit of entrepreneurial efforts and capitalism, which leads to greater operational efficiency and lower consumer prices. The other side sees a [...]

The Department of Justice should be congratulated for its filing with the federal court reviewing the Google Books settlement. The Department’s forceful arguments about this settlement underscore the concerns that we, and many others, have raised about this deal. With this deal, Google, which already dominates the online search market, would be given a significant [...]

Yesterday’s hearing on the Google Books settlement provided a great opportunity for members of Congress to hear about the many concerns that authors, legal experts and consumers have about this settlement. The deal, as currently written, would give the most dominant online firm a significant advantage over its rivals and online book competitors like Amazon. [...]

Steve Pociask of the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research  discusses in this Forbes.com commentary the major concern over Google’s settlement with author and publisher groups. Click here for the commentary.