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One of the most heated debates in the current efforts to re-write the Communications Act has been whether the federal government should impose "Network Neutrality" requirements on broadband service providers. While we argue neither for nor against the need for Network Neutrality legislation in...
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One of the most heated debates in the current efforts to re-write the Communications Act has been whether the federal government should impose "Network Neutrality" requirements on broadband service providers. While we argue neither for nor against the need for Network Neutrality legislation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050797
substantial risks that Carterfone-type regulation would commoditize wireless network services in a way that could substantially …
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This Policy Paper demonstrates that policies that hinder a new entrant's ability to sell video programming, such as forcing entrants to obtain a local cable franchise agreement, will strongly diminish that entrant's incentive to deploy fiber to low-income households. Using publicly-available...
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content and broadband providers. While proponents of such regulation may view it as protection from alleged anticompetitive …
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, a 1% increase in deployment costs arising from regulation increases the subsidy required for ubiquitous coverage by …
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In the last year, many advocates have called for the imposition of Carterfone regulation on the wireless industry. The … similar wireless Carterfone regulation to all commercial wireless spectrum could suppress wireless infrastructure investment … regulation across the board is likely to cause particular harm to small or medium-sized wireless firms by enhancing the role of …
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as an independent source of legal authority to impose regulation over advanced services. In this paper, we look at the … expansive broadband regulation under Section 706 …
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Over the past twenty years we have seen the emergence of an important phenomenon in the practice of modern regulation …. Also, regulation “as practiced” now may allow an administrative agency to expand greatly its power beyond its statutory …
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consumers and businesses directly affected by such regulation. The analysis also shows that over time unbundled loop prices are …
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