In an earlier article, we presented a case study of local loop unbundling (LLU) in the Republic of Ireland in 2001. We explained how the predecessor regulatory body to the Irish Commission for Communications Regulation (Comreg) could select the least arbitrary interim access rate. This article...

Around the world, regulators since 1996 have mandated that incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) offer competitors access to their network at regulated prices that reflect forward-looking cost. Regulated prices for unbundled network elements are based on total element long-run incremental...

In the debate over network neutrality, the real issue of consequence is how owners of broadband access networks will shift their business models away from a subscriber-funded model to a model that relies more on advertising. That clash with the other players in the market is the heart of the...

Few phrases in public policy have become so overused so quickly as the information highway. Although it is unclear to many what that superhighway is or will be, this uncertainty has not prevented proposals to regulate the superhighway from being made. In this Article, we examine the economic...

Proponents of network neutrality regulation have ignored the essential cost and demand characteristics of telecommunications networks. Few industries studied by economists have received such intensive theoretical and empirical analysis as telecommunications. Today, regulators understand very...