State Internet Regulation Would Make US Like EU, Says AEI

State commissions shouldn’t step in to regulate the internet as the FCC pulls away, American Enterprise Institute adjunct scholar Bronwyn Howell blogged Thursday. State-by-state policy on issues like net neutrality would remove an advantage the U.S. has over the EU in setting telecom policy, she said. “Fragmenting regulatory oversight will inevitably mean a fragmenting of the single market that has served the US so well in the mobile age,” Howell said. “Differential regulations across state lines could invoke real costs.”