Phoenix Center Tells FCC to Ignore WIK-Consult BDS Report Filed by Incompas
The Phoenix Center urged the FCC to disregard a "flawed" WIK-Consult report on business data services as the commission considers BDS regulation. Incompas had submitted the report in a docket 16-143 filing and said it showed BDS price reductions would…
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have "spill-over effects that multiply the benefits" and promote a "virtuous cycle" (see 1607280060). But the report contains various errors, including "a focus on irrelevant factors, inaccurate computations, self-contradictory claims, and improper benchmarks," said a Phoenix Center release highlighting a longer study of the report. "The BDS proceeding is a dumping ground for inexpert economic analysis, including the WIK-Consult Report," said Phoenix Center Chief Economist and study author George Ford in the release. "Such dross is a direct consequence of the FCC's demonstrable disregard for serious economic analysis." Incompas emailed a response from CEO Chip Pickering: "The Phoenix Center will do and say anything to protect pro monopoly policy. The Phoenix Center believes competition is a dirty word, but fortunately we have two decades of innovation and investment success stories to disprove and debunk their ongoing attempts to raise monopoly policy from the ashes of the past." Incompas emailed a response from CEO Chip Pickering: "The Phoenix Center will do and say anything to protect pro monopoly policy. The Phoenix Center believes competition is a dirty word, but fortunately we have two decades of innovation and investment success stories to disprove and debunk their ongoing attempts to raise monopoly policy from the ashes of the past."