Bipartisanship

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Bipartisanship is not a word you hear much anymore, and you see it in action even less.  But it was alive and well at the Michigan House of Representatives when it passed a resolution asking the FCC not to reclassify broadband as a Title II service.   Republicans and Democrats alike are justifiably concerned that the FCC’s proposals to regulate the Internet “will slow investment in Michigan’s Internet broadband infrastructure and jeopardize future job growth.”

Citizens in Detroit http://www.detnews.com/article/20100516/OPINION01/5160314/1008/Editorial–FCC-regulations-would-hurt-Internet and all over Michigan know something about what happens to our communities – and to our families — when fewer and fewer people find reasons to invest where they work and live.  The folks in Michigan understand that Internet regulations could serve as a disincentive to the continued investment in their communities by high-speed Internet service providers. Innovation and technology demands a new way of thinking, not old and outdated rules. Let’s not put those already most affected by high unemployment rates and poor economic conditions under new strain. Michigan got this right.

Maybe more states will follow its lead. I hope so.   Here’s a link to a news story about Michigan’s decision: http://www.multichannel.com/article/452664-Michigan_House_Advises_FCC_Not_To_Classify_Broadband_Under_Title_II.php