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A Fresh Analytical Start at the FCC…

The Federal Communications Commission is at a crossroads.  Burdened with implementing laws designed for a market structure of a bygone era—and with little prospect of a comprehensive legislative...

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A Response to the WaPo’s Timothy Lee: Why Comcast is NOT Acting Like a...

In a recent article, Washington Post technology reporter Timothy Lee suggested that “broadband speeds were stagnating in the United States”, resulting in “slow innovation and poor customer service.”...

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Mr. Wheeler Agrees: It’s The “Termination Market”…

Last Friday, the Wall Street Journal provided a peek at Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s latest plan for net neutrality.  Under the reported plan, the Chairman intends to divide...

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2014 Year in Review…

2014 provided fertile soil for those interested in policy research. So with New Years rapidly approaching, I want to uphold tradition and use our last blog post of the year to highlight what we at the...

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Special Access and the FCC’s Regulatory Revival…

There is a Chinese proverb, though some call it a curse, which says “May you live in interesting times.” For those involved in telecommunications policy over the last few decades, I think it’s safe to...

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Some Preliminary Thoughts On Dr. Rysman’s Special Access Empirical Analysis…

As part of the Federal Communication Commission’s Tariff Investigation Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Special Access Services, the Agency included as Appendix B a commissioned...

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The FCC’s Intellectual and Empirical Vacuum Over Market Power for Special...

It’s been over eighty years since the Communications Act of 1934 created the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) for the purpose of overseeing the nation’s communications industries.  Still, as...

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Second Circuit Debunks FCC’s Set-Top Box Arguments

Last February, the FCC launched yet another attempt to excise itself from (in the immortal words of former FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell) the “Valley of Unattained Goals” of Section 629.  To justify...

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Economics Makes a Welcome Return in the Forthcoming BDS Order…

As part of his efforts to increase transparency at the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Ajit Pai recently posted a draft order in advance of this week’s April Open Meeting which purports...

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