Commerce Unit Head Calls For Renewing Nat’l Internet Subsidy

…The wide support so far garnered by the ACP was on display Wednesday with a diversity of political views. Among the panelists were advocates from organizations such as the National Urban League and Free Press but also the free market-oriented R Street Institute.

Jonathan Cannon, policy counsel at R Street, said the ACP retains backing because of its “light touch” regulatory approach and tech-neutral policies and said it represents an “access driver” for the market. Asked if polarization in Congress will put the program at risk in the coming months, he said the question among Republicans on Capitol Hill has mostly been not about eliminating the program but “how do we make it more efficient?”…