October 29, 2009 10:00 AM PDT

The case against the FCC's Net neutrality plan

by Larry Downes

Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below.

I've managed to slog through the 107-page "Notice of Proposed Rulemaking" (PDF) issued late last week by the Federal Communications Commission.

Let me save you the trouble of reading the 185 numbered paragraphs, 310 footnotes, and three appendices, including separate statements from each of the five commissioners: there's nothing to see here, folks.

First, let's be clear about what has not happened. No new law was passed. No new federal regulations were enacted. No decisions were made.

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Larry Downes is a consultant and author, most recently of "The Laws of Disruption:
Harnessing the New Forces that Govern Life and Business in the Digital Age."
He is a nonresident fellow at the Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society.