Regulatory burdens plus normal market uncertainties may keep investors from providing capital needed to upgrade telecom networks for universal broadband service, Qwest CEO Richard Notebaert told a NARUC audience. 揙ur sector is full of opportunities created by convergence and new technologies, but it抯 also an extremely dynamic environment that can change direction quickly,?he said. Telecom companies are investing to bring broadband into every home, Notebaert said: 揑t抯 an enormous capital outlay, and investors are doubting whether we can ever achieve a reasonable return.?Chances of Internet regulation in the name of network neutrality also are affecting capital deployment, Notebaert said: 揘etwork neutrality is a solution for a problem that doesn抰 exist.?Should anticompetitive Internet bias arise, existing laws and FCC rules can address it, he said.
展开▼
