Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Ambivalently Federalist FCC

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            With all this talk about draining the Washington, D.C. swamp and its entrenched federal government occupants, the FCC remains ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

AT&T-Time Warner: More than a Vertical Merger

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            Proponents of AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner simplistically frame the deal as vertical integration by a c...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

What’s a Fair Burden of Proof in Forecasting Future Benefits, or Harms?

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           On many occasions, the FCC and reviewing courts have to decide who bears the burden of proving something, what they have to pr...

Would You Pay a 400% Surcharge for Connected Networks?

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          With the well past due retirement of America Online’s Instant Messenger, I thought about  interconnectivity concerns in light of...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Winners and Losers in the Sprint-TMobile Merger

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            In this age of easily borrowed billions, outdated antitrust policy and largely libertarian regulatory oversight, the informati...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Plausible Deniability and Its Role in Sponsored Research

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            Readers of this blog know how much I detest sponsored research, particularly the undisclosed kind.   An even more pernicious s...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Wireline vs. Wireless Broadband: Alternative or Complementary Technologies?

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            If a market has many facilities-based competitors, the justification for regulatory oversight abates and the invisible hand of...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Seven Questions About Wireless Carrier Throttling of All Video Streams

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            Verizon has joined the ranks of wireless carriers in the U.S. that degrade video screen resolution even if nearby tower congest...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Thought Experiment: What Would You Do If You Saw an "Inoperative" Sticker on a Jet Exit Row Window?

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Soon after I took my exit row seat on an long flight from Germany on Monday, I saw this sticker: Here's a closer look at the text o...
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Saturday, July 22, 2017

The High Cost of Independence in Telecommunications Policy Analysis

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            For over 25 years, I have strived to find the truth without regard to political party and economic doctrine.   My work fits no...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Wireless Carrier Ambivalence about Wi-Fi and What This Tells Us About Competition and Incentives

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            Once upon a time, well over a decade ago, most wireless carriers saw Wi-Fi as a technological competitor.   The carriers always...
Friday, July 14, 2017

Degrading Customer Quality of Experience as a Successful ISP Business Strategy

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            In a recent New York Times article, the head of the cable television trade association, Michael Powell, made a curious obser...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

The 5G Wireless Utopia Just 6 Months After the Obama Investment Downer

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             Today’s Wall Street Journal continues the commitment to framing a fake, alternative reality in the telecom/Internet ecosyste...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Handicapping the Odds for Perpetually Full Voice Mailboxes

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            The FCC will consider whether ringless voicemail messaging falls within a law that generally prohibits the transmission of u...
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...