And like consumers, ISPs lose out. Locally owned and operated ISPs have been critical in enabling people and businesses make good use of the Internet. We have fought and will continue to fight the BOCs for delivery of services to our customers. We deliver a wider variety of Internet services, we delivery them more affordably, and we support them better than the BOCs ever could. What we ask is a legislative and regulatory environment which promotes competition in all aspects of Internet service, especially in telecommunications facilities where competition is most needed.
Deregulation is often a good thing.
But if you deregulate a monopoly, you create a bigger monopoly. Before throwing out the rule book, level the playing field and maintain the safeguards which foster competition. The Ohio Internet Service Provider Association urges Congress reject the 'Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001'.