{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.techfreedom.org%2Fepisodes%2F99-controlling-the-price-of-business-broadband-6OKlhuPw","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"#99: Controlling the Price of Business Broadband","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f13f55/f13f55de-516b-46b3-b4a2-9f057f21ad71/d2bac5f3-4006-485c-b5ea-12541ee72c3f/techpolicypodcast-episode99.png","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d2bac5f3-4006-485c-b5ea-12541ee72c3f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"#99: Controlling the Price of Business Broadband\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Who should set the price of broadband? Businesses, or the government? While the FCC doesn’t (yet) regulate the price of your home Internet connection, the agency isn’t so hands-off when it comes to business broadband. Now the agency is looking to extend monopoly-era copper price regulations to next-gen fiber and cable services. Why? The FCC says there isn’t enough competition in the market. Our guest disagrees. Bruce Mehlman, co-chairman of the Internet Innovation Alliance, joins to discuss. Is the market as uncompetitive as the FCC claims? Are new rules even needed? For more, see Bruce’s op-ed in Morning Consult. "}