Policymakers “should be wary of those calling for...

Policymakers “should be wary of those calling for significant changes to the regulatory environment and the imposition of telephone-style regulation on broadband service providers,” USTelecom President Walter McCormick wrote in a blog post (http://bit.ly/Zije8b) Thursday. Broadband providers invested $75 billion in 2013, up by almost 10 percent over the prior year, McCormick wrote. “When so much is going so well ... policymakers should be careful to avoid the harm that could result from injecting unnecessary uncertainty and negative pressures into the broadband investment equation,” he wrote.