This Article provides a framework for the analysis of the potential effects of the recent AOL/Time Warner merger on the markets forbroadband Internet access and broadband Internet content. We consider two anticompetitive strategies that a vertically integrated firm such as AOL Time Warner,...

This chapter analyzes the potential benefits of municipal-owned broadband in terms of stimulating local economic activity. Some economists posit that muni broadband might discourage investment by privately owned Internet service providers, thereby offsetting any incremental investment from local...