Big Edge Providers Could Face Common-Carrier Regime Along With ISPs, PK's Feld Suggests
Large internet edge providers could get drawn into common-carrier regulation along with broadband ISPs due to concerns on both sides of the political spectrum, suggested Harold Feld, Public Knowledge senior vice president, at an NTCA conference Thursday. "What we have…
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seen is that both from the left and the right, nobody is happy; everybody believes the platform is discriminating against them -- they’re not going after the awful guys who are on the other side," Feld said on a recorded clip forwarded by an industry attendee. "So I personally think that we may be headed toward some kind of overall common carriage in this universe for not just the traditional ISPs but for some of these larger platforms as well. I frankly think that they would be much better off embracing it rather than trying to maintain a world where they maintain editorial discretion but try not to use it too much."