Advancing Consumer Interests Through Ubiquitous Broadband: The Need for a New Spectrum‪.‬

I. INTRODUCTION Consumers benefit when they have a choice among competing providers. Rival services have a vested interest and need to innovate and differentiate their services to provide new and improved services to consumers. This is not a groundbreaking economic theory, but rather the fundamental building block for my regulatory philosophy. My role as FCC Commissioner is to encourage competition and investment, and ensure that both incumbent and new providers have the tools to innovate on behalf of consumers. A thriving market with competitive options will always regulate economic behavior better and more efficiently than government intervention, particularly in times of rapid technological change.