Thursday, May 25, 2017

Summary of the FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom NPRM

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            With the election of President Donald Trump and the appointment of Ajit Pai as FCC Chairman, muscular network neutrality r...
Friday, May 19, 2017

Hidden in Plain Sight: FCC Chairman Pai’s Strategy to Further Concentrate the U.S. Wireless Marketplace

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          While couched in noble terms of promoting competition, innovation and freedom, the FCC soon will combine two initiatives that wi...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

FCC Chairman Pai's Results-Driven Decision Making

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Hello All: In a contribution to The Hill, I take issue with FCC's Chairman Pai's commitment to sound economics and empirical fact...
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...