Tuesday, March 20, 2018

I Won’t Get Over the Loss of Privacy Expectations

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            Long ago, the CEO of computer manufacturer Sun Microsystems concluded that consumer privacy was a “red herring,” because on...
Friday, February 16, 2018

The Carriers’ Carrier Option for 5G Wireless

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            You might have heard about a National Security Council initiative identifying the security and public safety benefits in havin...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Drunk on Deregulation

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In this time of intellectual, political and philosophical rigidity, I embrace eclecticism and flexibility. I have suffered in the market...
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

FCC Preemption of State Network Neutrality Initiatives

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             In a less emphasized, but important initiative, the FCC set out its preemption of any state attempt to legislate network neu...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

A Deep Dive into the FCC’s Circulated Restoring Internet Freedom Document

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              Press accounts and the FCC’s own summary, provide a general sense of how the Commission rationalizes its abandonment of netw...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

“Restoring” Internet Freedom for Whom?

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            Recently, a colleague in the Bellisario College of Communications, asked me who gets a freedom boost from the FCC’s upcoming d...
Friday, December 1, 2017

The Misguided Wisdom in Substituting the Generalist FTC for Sector-Specific FCC Expertise

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            A number of important, fundamental questions about the scope and nature of government oversight lie within the broad and breat...
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Regulation as a Manageable Cost Center: The Example of Network Neutrality and the AT&T Acquistion of Time Warner

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            Moving in for the kill, incumbent carriers have stretched their home team advantage.  With millions in lobbying, campaign cont...
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...