The newest dimension of the Digital Divide is access to broadband (high-speed) Internet service. Using comprehensive U.S. data covering all forms of access technology (chiefly DSL and cable modem), I look for evidence of unequal broadband availability in areas with high concentrations of poor,...

Mobile broadband Internet access is highly important to the American economy. The benefits of mobile broadband depend on investment in deploying and upgrading network infrastructure by broadband providers. Thus investment in mobile wireless infrastructure plays a vitally important role in...

The tighter price regulation the FCC proposes could lead to large reductions in revenue earned as returns to ILECs' investment in infrastructure in rural areas. Approximate yet reasonable calculations yield an estimated $1.4B of revenue destroyed by the new price regulation, with a range from...