Sunday, July 19, 2020

Tolerating Hubris at the New York Times

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            While I am in the tilting at windows and then giving up mood (see entry on how Instagram will not help eliminate an imposto...

What Do Facebook and Outdoor Swimming Pools Have in Common?

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            You do not have to be a public figure for someone to hack your social network account and attempt to charm your friends int...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Racing for the Covid-19 Cure at a Leisurely 14,400 Bits Per Second

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One of my recurring pet peeves lies in the continuing use of facsimile machines by medical and education professionals. See https://www.ny...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Buy American: From Cars to Wireless to Apps

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             It’s hard for me to equate patriotism with the international trade concept of comparative advantage.   Somehow consumers shoul...
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Sunday, May 10, 2020

U.S. Passes a Key Resiliency Test, But Let’s Not Get Carried Away

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            In the good news department, we have ample evidence that U.S. Internet Service Providers recently have accommodated peak dema...
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Migration From Wireless to Wired Networks During the Pandemic--It's More Than the Squint Factor

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One small silver lining in the Covid-19 virulent cloud: an unsponsored and truly unbiased empirical test whether wireless broadband networ...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Lies, Damn Lies and Wall Street Journal Editorials

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            By way of full disclosure, I should report that I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal and benefit from its news reporting...
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Sunday, March 1, 2020

The New York Times Errs in Coverage of Satellite Life Extension

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Every once in a while, I spot an error in The New York Times and dutifully report it.   I have never received confirmation, much less a ...
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Friday, February 21, 2020

The Odds for New TMobile to Morph into TMobile on Steroids?

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            Reading the District Court decision approving the merger of TMobile and Sprint (see https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

TMobile-Sprint Merger Approved and 144 Million U.S. Subscribers Will Pay Dearly

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            News of a reviewing District Court’s approval of the TMobile-Sprint merger has arrived today.  See. e.g., https://www.wsj.com...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

The $60 Billion C-Band Sweepstakes: Who Gets the Windfall for Accommodating 5G?

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            The esoteric world of spectrum management and valuation made an atypical public splash yesterday, highlighted by a 40% drop...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

More Overstatements About the Lovefest a Merged TMobile-Sprint will Deliver

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            Having received FCC approval of its merger proposal, (see https://www.fcc.gov/transaction/t-mobile-sprint ), TMobile and Spri...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Lessons From Milk Price Supports

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            On a trip to see the In-Laws in Ohio, I noticed milk prices at half ($1.99 for a gallon) the rate available at home. Pennsylv...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

What You Need to Know About the Restoring Internet Freedom Court Decision

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            The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed most of the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order [1] largely on Chevron Doctr...
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