The Wall Street Journal’s Amy Schatz reports that the Obama administration Federal Communications Commission has a different approach to broadband internet access than the George W. Bush FCC. While Bush wanted less regulation, the current five-member FCC panel wants more in order to expand internet access for all Americans. The FCC will reveal a national broadband plan to Congress in February. There’s no particular option for open internet access that will be accepted by companies like Verizon and AT&T that have quasi-monopolies over parts of the internet grid. But something should be done: a Harvard study last year, commissioned by the FCC,  showed that European and Asian countries with policies that encourage open access have faster and cheaper internet service.

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