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Governments around the world recognise widespread broadband access as a facilitator of economic growth. As a result we observe that many countries have introduced National Broadband Policies which set ambitious targets for broadband coverage. Fixed network may not be commercially viable in more...
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Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – the FANG companies – have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. Soaring consumer access to information, news, social networks, and entertainment has been stimulated by the ever-more ubiquitous and falling...
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There can be no doubt that the FANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – have transformed society since their emergence. Like all social transformations, the changes wrought by their services have had ripple effects that are both positive and negative. On...
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Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
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deliver to consumers, and propose that a natural monopoly philosophy of regulation may be more appropriate. In this paper, we … regulation has, at various times, had a "marketmitigating" character and at other times has had a "market-shaping" character. The … former type of regulation is familiar natural monopoly regulation, which attempts to protect consumers against the …
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regulation in Brazil and discuss the challenges after the FCC's decision in the United States regarding network neutrality. It is … devices. The process of implementation and regulation of the Brazilian Civil Landmark of the Internet is a conflict arena, in …
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