FCC Candidate Says No Thanks

摘要

Academic, author and network neutrality rule skeptic Christopher Yoo told B&C last week he is not a candidate for the FCC Republican seat being vacated by Robert McDowell-at least not now. Sources had said that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is vetting candidates for the post, was looking at academics, and Yoo's name surfaced as a result. Yoo confirmed there had been interest. He has written in defense of prioritization of network traffic as a central feature of network architecture. Yoo also has testified that networks and content providers are symbiotic and that while there is a small potential for anticompetitive behavior, it should be looked at on a case-by-case basis rather than through broad regulation.