On Its Silver Anniversary, Let’s Modernize the Telecom Act of 1996

On Its Silver Anniversary, Let’s Modernize the Telecom Act of 1996
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) logo in Washington on Feb. 26, 2015. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
Randolph May
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A quarter century ago, on Feb. 8, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996. At the signing ceremony, the president’s rhetoric was soaring: “With the stroke of a pen, our laws will catch up with our future.”

Randolph May
Randolph May
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Randolph J. May is founder and president of The Free State Foundation, a free market-oriented think tank in Rockville, Maryland.
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