Thursday, April 20, 2017

More Doctrinal and Partisan Economic Analysis at the FCC

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            According to FCC Chairman Amit Pai and the partially dissenting judge in a key case, the FCC desperately needs more economis...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Being a Regulated Common Carrier Means You Never Have to Be Truly Sorry: How United Airlines Can Forcefully Evict Paying Passengers to Make Way for Non-Rev Crew

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             United Airlines brought in some muscle to execute an “involuntary denied boarding” decision, well within its contractual and ...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

This is the Information Age?

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            Infrequently, I take stock of my relationship with technology and marvel at both improvements and declines.  Yes, many transac...
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Saturday, April 1, 2017

Differences Between Content and Carrier Privacy

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            With narrow thin margins, both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have passed Resolutions foreclosing the FCC from im...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Massive 5G Investment, Despite “Regulatory Uncertainty”

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            Riding closely on the heels of substantial investment in Fourth Generation wireless infrastructure investment comes a Fifth Ge...
Monday, February 27, 2017

FCC Chairman Pai’s Alternate Facts Part 3, Privacy "Protection" for Broadband Consumers

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            FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has opposed broadband consumer privacy protection safeguards largely based on a false dichotomy: that Int...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

FCC Chairman Pai’s Alternative Personalities, Facts, Economics and Law—Part Two

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Okay.   Turn off all electronic devices (except one with the screen on which you are reading this       blog!).   Please answer this one qu...
Wednesday, February 8, 2017

FCC Chairman Pai’s Alternative Personalities, Facts, Economics and Law—Part One

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            FCC Chairman Pai has launched a charm offensive showcasing his commitment to transparency and regulatory restraint.   However, ...
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Monday, January 23, 2017

An Open Letter to FCC Chairman-Nominee Ajit Pai

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Dear Commissioner Pai: Congratulations on your likely nomination to become Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.   For t...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

TMobile’s 480p Video Delivery Gambit: Tiering, or Throttling?

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Predictably, and perhaps appropriately, broadband carriers are spending sleepless afternoons crafting new ways to diversify service withou...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Who Pays What to Whom in the Internet Ecosystem?

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Internet interconnections and compensation arrangements have been based on voluntary terms and conditions after government underwriting sto...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Insights on Future FCC Decision-making Gleaned From a Judicial Dissent

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            As unorthodox as it might seem, Senior Circuit Judge Stephen F. Williams dissenting opinion in a major FCC case offers a likely...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

In Praise of Domestic Engineering

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     My dear wife, Katie, broke two ankle bones while walking two dogs only a few hours after arriving at her elderly parents’ home in Medi...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Likely and Behind the Scenes Changes at the FCC

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             It should come as no surprise that the Federal Communications Commission will substantially change its regulatory approach, w...
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Sunday, November 27, 2016

Reform the FCC!

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In this volatile and contentious time, it has become even more likely that any advocacy position may trigger misperception, intentional or ...

A Curious Blend of Millennial Indignation and Glitchy Bar Code Pricing

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            A grocery store cashier called me a liar and shot me the bird yesterday as I insisted a 2 for 1 promotion applied to my pretze...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Oh Joy: Another Group of Email Addressees Who Ignore My Correspondence

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            As a parent, college instructor and occasional job applicant, I am used to non-responses.   I regularly eat humble pie and I re...
Friday, November 4, 2016

A Nuanced Analysis of Zero Rating

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            Zero rating has become the next network neutrality issue in light of two simultaneously occurring marketplace developments: 1)...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Direct and Indirect Ways the FCC Will Weigh in on the AT&T-Time Warner Merger

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            Depending on your economic and political alliance, I have good, or bad news.   I fully expect the FCC to lend its regulatory “...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Another Day, Another $34 Billion in Telecom Industry Consolidation

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            Today’s mega-merger combines CenturyLink and Level 3 Communications, two major players, but surely not on most consumers’ rada...