Friday, October 9, 2020

Recent Publications

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During these challenging times, on good days I managed to make progress on my research and writing agenda: I'm glad to send you copies.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Misrepresentations in the Rat You Out Economy

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              Most readers over the age of 30 probably know the meaning of “rat you out.”  In crime movies and elsewhere, someone discloses ...
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Why Spend More Than $6.25 Billion on a Company that Primarily Resells Your Service?

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  You might wonder why Verizon would pay a hefty premium to buy the U.S. wireless resale flavors of America Movil’s TracFone.  See   https...
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Game, Set and Match: How the Cable Industry Generated Billions by Making Their Set Top Boxes Irreplaceable

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               This week the FCC tacitly admitted that it lacked the willpower, intellect and courage to mandate a competitive market for ca...
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Friday, August 28, 2020

Timely Insights From Conversation with a Nautical Buoy Tender Nearly Forty Years Ago

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               Once upon a time, when many of us regularly traveled by air, I took pleasure in striking up conversations with amenable, fell...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Learned Helplessness: How The Wall Street Journal Could Not Find a Way to Make Timely Delivery of Its Product

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Much to the chagrin of my liberal wife, I have subscribed to The Wall Street Journal for over thirty years.  Today I canceled my subscript...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Walking on Egg Shells, Failing a Litmus Test and Shown the Door

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FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly probably will leave the FCC far sooner than anyone would have anticipated a few days ago.  See https:...

Hipster and Geriatric Antitrust Doctrine

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Relentless concentration in broadband and other industries, coupled with ever increasing market power, has triggered more interest in anti...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

When Economist-Created “Rules” and “Laws” Do Not Work or Are Forgotten

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            Having frequently chatted with economists and read many textbooks and articles on economic subjects, I marvel at the absolu...
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...