In this Policy Paper, we analyze the variation in broadband adoption rates among the respective United States. Significantly, we find that 91% of the variation is explained by demographic and economic conditions, such as household income, education and, most significantly, income inequality. Our...

Compared to wireless access technologies, wireline access technologies give better performance in terms of bandwidth as well as quality of service but they lack ubiquity and affordability. Wireless networks can be deployed much faster with less initial investment and costs of service...

Over the past several years, the FCC under Chairman Julius Genachowski has argued that because broadband is not universally ubiquitous, the agency may use the “reasonable and timely” standard contained in Section 706 in the Communications Act as an independent source of legal authority to...

With the D.C. Circuit’s ruling in Comcast v. FCC, the court has thrown the Federal Communications Commission’s efforts to promote an “Open Internet” into legal limbo. In response, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that he intended to seek to impose a “Third Way”, whereby the...

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...

Licensed to nonprofit educational entities, the 2500-2690 MHz band of spectrum has been plagued by overly intrusive governmental policy since its inception over forty years ago. As a consequence, this spectrum is woefully underutilized. In 2004, the Federal Communications Commission recognized...

Besides transport and energy infrastructure, communications infrastructure is steadily gaining in importance in the regional competition to attract investment. As the appeal of data-intensive services and networked devices rapidly increases, modern networks become more and more important....

Written testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee identifies eight policy levers regulators can employ to speed the deployment of next-generation wired and wireless broadband networks, particularly in underserved rural and remote areas of the U.S. These include...

This work investigates the causal effect of broadband coverage on turnout in Mexico using an instrumental variable strategy within a difference-in-differences framework. This methodology exploits the variation of broadband coverage expansion across regions and exogenous variation in lightning...

This work examines the effect of next-generation broadband on marriage rates among opposite- and same-sex couples in Spain. Given that the decision to sustain a relationship and enter into marriage is influenced by a broad spectrum of opportunities, high-speed broadband access can play a pivotal...