Wednesday, May 10,
2006
Way Off Target
Craig Fields, director of Internet operations for the Gun Owners of America, has a commentary supporting Net Neut* posted on the Conservative Voice web site. If he has a gun, let's all hope that he can shoot straighter than he does in this errant piece. Maybe there are times (very rare, I suspect!) when it will make sense for conservatives to jump in bed with MoveOn.org. But on this occasion, Craig and his fellow GOA'ers should put their guns back in their holsters.
The fundamental problem with Fields' argument for imposing Net Neut* regulations is that he still apparently believes, or wants us to believe, that we are living in a narrowband world dominated by the old Ma Bell. Wrong, Craig. We now live in a broadband world charaterized by competition enabled by rapidly emeging and developing new technologies. Despite the fact that the FCC has made this competitive finding countless times, there is not a word in his essay about competition to the telephone companies from cable companies, wireless companies, satellite providers, and emerging powerline companies. Not one word.
Continue reading Way Off Target . . .
posted by Randolph May @ 10:25 AM |
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Tuesday, May 9,
2006
Regulatory Costs
In an editorial today on health insurance, the Washington Post makes what should be a perfectly ordinary claim: "The case for the Senate bill begins with a common problem to all regulation: By driving up costs it can end up hurting the people it's supposed to help."
The Post is often selective in worrying about the costs of regulation versus its benefits. And it is certainly true that there are many regulations that pass the benefit-cost test. But in this day and age it is nevertheless nice to have such a clear statement from a major newspaper that the costs of regulation often injure the very consumers that the proponents of regulation claim to want to protect.
posted by Randolph May @ 10:01 AM |
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Wednesday, May 3,
2006
Orwellian Net Neut* Speak
This debate about Net Neut* (see below) is getting weirder and weirder, if not downright Orwellian. Calling Net Neutering regulations "net neutrality" is one example. Here's another. Someone sent me a copy of Congressman Markey's Dear Colleague letter seeking cosponsors for his new Net Neut* bill. The headline blares: "Save the Internet As We Know It."
Now think about this. Markey acknowledges the FCC has already re-classified broadband services as non-common carrier services, removing what he calls the "historic protections" applicable to common carriers. But this took place in 2002 for cable broadband service and last year for telephone-provided broadband service. So, the Internet "as we know it" today and the Internet we have known for some time now has not been subject to Net Neut* common carrier regulation.
Seems to me to be working just fine, bringing the American public an ever-greater (mind-boggling to someone like me!) array of services that were unimaginable even a short while ago. I think Mr. Markey ought to be obligated to say what it is he wants us to be saved from with respect to the present Internet "as we know it." Because, remember, the Internet "as we know it" right now is not subject to Net Neut* mandates.
In other words, what I can't understand is how imposing new regulations will "save" something that is working well, at least right now, without regulations.
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* I believe that imposing anticipatory broad-brush mandates preventing any differentiation of services on the net will diminish investment in new high-speed facilities and innovative applications, thereby neutering the net. So, in my view what the proponents of new Internet regulations are arguing for is Net Neutering, not Net Neutrality. Henceforth, I refuse to go along with the name game the Net regulators are playing by accepting the use of the "neutrality" claim. I say it's Net Neutering. But in the interest of being, uh, neutral, I am willing just to refer to the issue as "Net Neut*" with the universal asterisk indicating anyone can complete as they prefer ....That way, maybe we can strip the emotion out of the debate, and look at the economic realities.
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Tuesday, April 18,
2006
Out of the Telechasm, Into the Spotlight
The WSJ's lead editorial today, entitled "Out of the Telechasm," [subscription required] prominently features Sen. DeMint's Digital Age Communications Act. It is no secret that here at PFF, we take some pride that Sen. DeMint's bill largely mirrors work produced in conection with our DACA project. (This is a real credit to the team of experts from PFF and other think tanks and universities who participate in the Working Groups.)
Please read the entire editorial. But here is one of the quotes endorsing the approach in Sen. DeMint's bill:
"Last year the FCC published a non-binding set of Net neutrality "principles" laying out what consumers are "entitled" to --basically, choices about the content they see, the devices they use and the networks they connect to. However, giving the FCC the power to enforce these rules against Web sites and network owners alike would open a Pandora's box of intrusive regulation and litigation. The far better solution would be to start from scratch, a la Mr. DeMint's Senate bill. It says, in effect, that telecom companies should be regulated on the basis of fair competition standards used everywhere else in the economy. Rather than trying to legislate competitive outcomes, as the 1996 Telecommunications Act did, Congress could allow open-field running save for anyone who violates antitrust rules."
The editorial concludes that "it's time to rethink, and the more fundamental, the better."
PS--Note that the editorial picks up on the point I've been making here and here that the Barton bill's incorporation of the FCC's net neutrality rules would give the agency "the power to enforce these rules against Web sites and network owners alike," opening a Pandora's box of intrusive regulation and litigation. For the life of me, I can't figure out why the Googles, Yahoos, and other Amazons of cyberspace don't foresee that they are putting themselves in a position where they will be forced to learn a lot more about FCC adjudication than they might like, and a lot more than will be good for the rest of us who fancy an unregulated Internet.
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Tuesday, April 11,
2006
Net Neutrality and Search Engine Bias
This is the way the abstact for a new Yale Journal of Law and Technology article [SSRN subscription required] entitled "Search Engine Bias and the Demise of Search Engine Utopianism" begins:
"Due to search engines' automated operations, people often assume that search engines display search results neutrally and without bias. However, this perception is mistaken. Like any other media company, search engines affirmatively control their users' experiences, which has the consequence of skewing search results (a phenomenon called "search engine bias"). Some commentators believe that search engine bias is a defect requiring legislative correction."
Continue reading Net Neutrality and Search Engine Bias . . .
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A Screen By Any Other Name
With the news that ABC is delivering popular "television" programming to a "computer" screen near you, can there any longer be doubt that the old regulatory and constitutional regime for video programming is crumbling? More and more prime programing, such as NCAA March Madness basketball games and that show about those Depserate Housewives, is now being delivered over the Internet and even via wireless to cellphone screens, not to mention over "cable" and "satellite" and "DVD", that it is clear that it makes no sense to regulate video programming differentially depending on the technological platform used to deliver it. Indeed, as I said in my recent testimony before the House Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee:
"[I]n light of the competition that presently exists and which will continue to develop, the Committee should consider going further to reduce the regulatory requirements applicable to the cable operators, especially in the area of content regulation, where the First Amendment rights of the providers are implicated. And, once it establishes a national framework for cable operators applicable to new entrants and incumbents, as much as possible, it should apply to them in like manner."
Continue reading A Screen By Any Other Name . . .
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Friday, March 31,
2006
"Google, Microsoft Subject to Net Neutrality Complaints"
"Google, Microsoft Subject to Net Neutrality Complaints"
That is a not unlikely future newspaper headline if the House Telecom and Internet Subcommittee bill were to be enacted into law as proposed. The bill gives the FCC the authority to enforce the FCC's broadband policy statement and the principles incorporated therein. The fourth principle says that "consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, applications and service providers, and content providers."
So far the focus of network neutrality proponents, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Yahoo, has been on mandating open access and nondiscrimination for network providers. But, as I pointed out in my House Telecom subcommittee testimony yesterday, the principles clearly would extend the FCC's authority to all the "layers" of the Internet.
Continue reading "Google, Microsoft Subject to Net Neutrality Complaints" . . .
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Net Neutrality
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Thursday, March 23,
2006
No Nets--No Nothing
It's 9:42 pm and I want to get this over with early, and go to bed....Glen Davis and the LSU Tigers thrashed Duke. The Devils looked like they were in a hurry to be eliminated so they could get back to campus soon to start studying for finals.
So rather than "nothing but net", it was "nothing in the net". Congrats to the deserving Tigers...and what's that old saying about "wait until next year"?
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Net Neutrality = Common Carriage
I participated in an FCBA seminar on Net Neutrality today. After listening to the proponents explain why they advocate an anticipatory NN mandate, I made a simple point up front. What is really being advocated is the impostition of a common carrier regime on broadband Internet service providers. In other words, let's call a spade a spade: Net Neutrality equals Common Carriage. At the FCBA program, Harold Feld of the Media Access Project and Jonathan Lee of COMPTEL both had no hesitancy whatsoever in admitting that their own view of a net neutrality means imposition of a traditional common carrier regime on broadband and in trying to defend this position.
I disagree that we want to impose a common carrier regime on an increasingly competitive broadband marketplace. Another way of saying that is that I am glad for the sake of sound communications policy that cable won the Brand X case. But what I am saying now is simply this: The whole net neutrality debate would make a lot more sense--and be conducted on a much more honest plane--if those advocating NN mandates just said, as Harold and Jonathan did today, that "What we want is to impose common carrier obligations on broadband Internet providers."
posted by Randolph May @ 4:12 PM |
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Net Neutrality Be Dammed!
Okay, settle down all you net neutrality proponents. You know me well enough to know I would never use even the "D" word with respect to you. No, what I have in mind is March Madness and the nets through which the Dukies will be throwing basketballs this weekend.
What I mean to say is that, as long-time readers of this space know, I am not neutral when it comes to the Blue Devils in March. I am hoping that J.J., Sheldon, and cohorts hit "nothing but net" enough times tonight to get by the pesky LSU tigers and then on to the Great Eight. If so, then watch this space for more devilry. (You can look it up!)
Rooting for the Blue Devils is something on which we should all be able to agree...Right?
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Monday, March 6,
2006
There Are No Cable "Monopolies"
posted by Randolph May @ 10:40 AM |
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The Sky Is Falling--Chapter 33 Or Whatever
posted by Randolph May @ 9:16 AM |
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Thursday, March 2,
2006
DACA Conference On Deck
posted by Randolph May @ 3:32 PM |
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Wednesday, February 8,
2006
DACA and Net Neutrality
posted by Randolph May @ 2:46 PM |
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Friday, February 3,
2006
Reform the Video Franchising Reform Principles
posted by Randolph May @ 10:29 AM |
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Wednesday, February 1,
2006
Net Neutrality Viewed Charitably
posted by Randolph May @ 10:06 AM |
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Friday, January 20,
2006
As James Would Say, "It's the Consumers, Stupid!"
posted by Randolph May @ 12:10 PM |
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Friday, January 6,
2006
Messrs. Rip Van Bellwinkles and FedEx
posted by Randolph May @ 10:19 AM |
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Thursday, January 5,
2006
New Year's Predictions and Philosophy
posted by Randolph May @ 11:46 AM |
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Saturday, December 17,
2005
Ensign Aboard
posted by Randolph May @ 8:07 AM |
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Thursday, December 15,
2005
DACA Minted
posted by Randolph May @ 9:54 PM |
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Wednesday, December 14,
2005
It's the Sunshine, Stupid
posted by Randolph May @ 10:21 AM |
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Monday, December 12,
2005
"Consumer" Group Predictions Gone Awry
posted by Randolph May @ 4:14 PM |
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Friday, December 9,
2005
Snow White Until I Drifted
posted by Randolph May @ 8:54 AM |
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Tuesday, December 6,
2005
The Way We Grew Up
posted by Randolph May @ 4:33 PM |
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Monday, December 5,
2005
It's About The Profits, Stupid!
posted by Randolph May @ 10:03 AM |
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Friday, December 2,
2005
Go Carte
posted by Randolph May @ 2:58 PM |
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Tuesday, November 29,
2005
A La Carte Again
posted by Randolph May @ 10:16 AM |
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Monday, November 28,
2005
I Got Sunshine...On a Rainy Day
posted by Randolph May @ 11:15 AM |
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Wednesday, November 23,
2005
On Thanksgiving Eve--Wars To Be Thankful For
posted by Randolph May @ 11:53 AM |
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Friday, November 4,
2005
The Second Barton Draft--A Quick Reaction
posted by Randolph May @ 4:38 PM |
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Wednesday, November 2,
2005
Freedom of Speech Online
posted by Randolph May @ 1:06 PM |
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Tuesday, November 1,
2005
I Leveled With You So Cogently
posted by Randolph May @ 4:42 PM |
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Monday, October 31,
2005
Rosa Parks--RIP
posted by Randolph May @ 10:14 PM |
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Volunteerism Is Alive And Well At The FCC
posted by Randolph May @ 3:42 PM |
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The Naked and the Dead
posted by Randolph May @ 11:00 AM |
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Thursday, October 20,
2005
Imagining Interconnection Without Regulation
posted by Randolph May @ 3:45 PM |
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Tuesday, October 11,
2005
A Cogent Update on Level (3's) Playing Fields
posted by Randolph May @ 5:40 PM |
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Thursday, October 6,
2005
Bring on the Third Battle of Manassas
posted by Randolph May @ 3:26 PM |
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Dispute Between Peers
posted by Randolph May @ 12:00 PM |
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Monday, September 26,
2005
Jurisdictional Question-Begging and Future Fights
posted by Randolph May @ 12:05 PM |
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Tuesday, September 20,
2005
The Metaphysics of Communications Reform
posted by Randolph May @ 12:30 PM |
Capitol Hill
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Thursday, September 15,
2005
The Barton Draft--Quick Reactions
posted by Randolph May @ 3:22 PM |
Capitol Hill
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Friday, August 19,
2005
Brand X, Chevron Deference, and Making Policy
posted by Randolph May @ 10:52 AM |
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Wednesday, August 10,
2005
Internet Video--The View from 2000
posted by Randolph May @ 10:18 AM |
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Monday, August 1,
2005
A Curious Reading Club, Indeed!
posted by Randolph May @ 9:47 AM |
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Wednesday, July 27,
2005
An Historic Step
posted by Randolph May @ 4:12 PM |
Capitol Hill
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Monday, July 25,
2005
Coming Out
posted by Randolph May @ 10:49 AM |
General
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Thursday, July 7,
2005
The Chairman Speaks Loud and Clear
posted by Randolph May @ 3:39 PM |
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Thursday, June 30,
2005
Brand X, Chevron, and Political Accountability
posted by Randolph May @ 4:22 PM |
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Monday, June 20,
2005
A Prediction
posted by Randolph May @ 10:04 AM |
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Tuesday, May 24,
2005
The Swedish (Regulatory) Scene
posted by Randolph May @ 2:06 AM |
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Monday, May 23,
2005
The View from Stockholm
posted by Randolph May @ 7:29 AM |
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Thursday, May 19,
2005
Flagging Deference
posted by Randolph May @ 10:44 AM |
Broadband, Communications, Digital TV
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Monday, May 16,
2005
Campaigns and Bloggers
posted by Randolph May @ 12:41 PM |
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Friday, May 13,
2005
Regulationville North
posted by Randolph May @ 9:51 AM |
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Thursday, May 12,
2005
Your Blog Will Be Investigated Soon
posted by Randolph May @ 2:34 PM |
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Friday, April 1,
2005
A Good Great Debate
posted by Randolph May @ 10:34 AM |
Communications
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Tuesday, March 29,
2005
Brand X
posted by Randolph May @ 1:25 PM |
Broadband
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Friday, March 25,
2005
Special K
posted by Randolph May @ 5:35 PM |
Sports
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Thursday, March 24,
2005
Texas E-911
posted by Randolph May @ 11:49 AM |
Wireless
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Wednesday, March 16,
2005
Martin as Chair
posted by Randolph May @ 2:22 PM |
The FCC
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Reining in the Regulators
posted by Randolph May @ 10:34 AM |
E-commerce, Events
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Sunday, March 13,
2005
The Devils' Playground
posted by Randolph May @ 9:07 PM |
Sports
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Friday, March 11,
2005
On and Off Tobacco Roads
posted by Randolph May @ 2:23 PM |
Sports
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Tuesday, March 8,
2005
Something Old, Something New
posted by Randolph May @ 5:53 PM |
VoIP
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Independent Pipes (or POPs Providers)
posted by Randolph May @ 4:46 PM |
Communications
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Friday, February 25,
2005
Calling Card Classification Confusion
posted by Randolph May @ 9:49 AM |
The FCC
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Wednesday, February 16,
2005
Two Mikes Agree With May On Sunshine
posted by Randolph May @ 12:07 PM |
The FCC
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Wednesday, February 9,
2005
FCC Growth in Tight Budget Year
posted by Randolph May @ 12:32 PM |
The FCC
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Wednesday, February 2,
2005
DACA Launch and Essays
posted by Randolph May @ 10:38 AM |
Communications
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Monday, January 31,
2005
Listen to Humpty Dumpty
posted by Randolph May @ 9:52 AM |
Antitrust & Competition Policy, Communications, Wireless
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Sunday, January 30,
2005
Classification Axioms
posted by Randolph May @ 6:07 PM |
Communications, The FCC
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Friday, January 21,
2005
Powell's Departure
posted by Randolph May @ 1:57 PM |
The FCC
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Tuesday, January 18,
2005
Universal Service: Broken But Fixable
posted by Randolph May @ 12:14 PM |
Communications
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Sunday, January 16,
2005
Abernathy Mispeaks, Methinks
posted by Randolph May @ 7:43 PM |
The FCC
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Tuesday, December 7,
2004
Lifetime Linkup
posted by Randolph May @ 1:32 PM |
VoIP
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Friday, December 3,
2004
Supremes to Consider Brand X
posted by Randolph May @ 3:24 PM |
Cable, Supreme Court
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Monday, November 29,
2004
When You Come To A Fork In The Road
posted by Randolph May @ 7:53 PM |
The FCC
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Tuesday, November 23,
2004
SBC TV --You Say You Want A La Carte?
posted by Randolph May @ 4:06 PM |
Cable
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Monday, November 22,
2004
Cable A La Carte
posted by Randolph May @ 5:51 PM |
Cable
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Tuesday, November 9,
2004
Recognizing the Value of Facilities Investment
posted by Randolph May @ 1:08 PM |
The FCC, VoIP
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Sunday, October 17,
2004
FCC Reform Blogsplosion IV--Guest Blogger
posted by Randolph May @ 1:10 PM |
The FCC
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Tuesday, October 12,
2004
Know When To Hold 'Em
posted by Randolph May @ 2:04 PM |
General
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Friday, October 8,
2004
And On the Subject Of Jobs
posted by Randolph May @ 8:47 AM |
General
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Thursday, October 7,
2004
A Question For Tommorrow's Presidential Debate
posted by Randolph May @ 4:55 PM |
General
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Tuesday, October 5,
2004
The Non-Event the Morning After
posted by Randolph May @ 6:26 PM |
General
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Monday, October 4,
2004
A Glimpse Into The Post-Regulatory World
posted by Randolph May @ 3:39 PM |
General
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Thursday, September 30,
2004
EU Says MCI/Sprint Merger May Proceed
posted by Randolph May @ 3:27 PM |
General
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Wednesday, September 22,
2004
Government-Owned Communications
posted by Randolph May @ 9:31 AM |
General
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Tuesday, September 21,
2004
Scalia: On Democracy and the Courts (and Agencies)
posted by Randolph May @ 11:51 AM |
General
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Saturday, September 18,
2004
Rather Fowl Than Fair
posted by Randolph May @ 3:12 PM |
General
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Thursday, September 2,
2004
Reinventing the FCC
posted by Randolph May @ 2:12 PM |
General
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Tuesday, August 31,
2004
The Metaphysics of (Cable) Modems
posted by Randolph May @ 10:47 AM |
General
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Friday, August 27,
2004
Reinvent the FCC
posted by Randolph May @ 10:51 AM |
General
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Monday, August 16,
2004
Talk About Regulatory Lag--Part III
posted by Randolph May @ 1:08 PM |
General
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Saturday, August 14,
2004
Talking About Regulatory Lag--Part II
posted by Randolph May @ 4:15 PM |
General
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Friday, August 13,
2004
Take Back Your Seats, Part III
posted by Randolph May @ 1:13 PM |
General
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Monday, August 9,
2004
Mr. President! Take Back Your Seats
posted by Randolph May @ 5:50 PM |
General
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Banking on Lawful Expectations
posted by Randolph May @ 12:50 PM |
General
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Wednesday, August 4,
2004
Talk About Regulatory Lag
posted by Randolph May @ 5:46 PM |
General
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Friday, July 30,
2004
Aspen Summit: Bloggers and Web Politics
posted by Randolph May @ 3:07 PM |
General
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Unfortunate Headline-"Regulation A Must"
posted by Randolph May @ 9:14 AM |
General
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Saturday, July 24,
2004
Surprisingly Civil Discourse (The End, I Hope)
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Friday, July 23,
2004
Surprisingly Uncivil Discourse (Con't)
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Thursday, July 22,
2004
Suprisingly Uncivil Discourse
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Wednesday, July 21,
2004
The Devil Ray
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Tuesday, July 20,
2004
You Should Read Yoo
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Sunday, July 18,
2004
It Shouldn't Have To Be This Way
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Thursday, July 15,
2004
Who Says There Is No Free Lunch!
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Wednesday, July 14,
2004
Friday Conference: Why the Physical Layer Should Not Be Regulated
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Monday, July 12,
2004
Enron's Legacy
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Wednesday, June 23,
2004
"Completely Wired"
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Tuesday, June 22,
2004
If It's Broke, Fix It
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Friday, June 18,
2004
The Ornery Contrarian
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Thursday, June 10,
2004
Kudos for Kevin
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Wednesday, June 9,
2004
The Ball's in Kevin's Court
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Monday, June 7,
2004
What Would Reagan Do?
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Saturday, June 5,
2004
D-Day and Reagan
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Thursday, June 3,
2004
Tech Central's Catch Me If You Can
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From One SG to Another: No Mere Squabble Over Unbundling
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Monday, May 31,
2004
We Say "Negotiate, Not Litigate"
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Wednesday, May 26,
2004
Playing the Metaphysical Card
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Monday, May 24,
2004
The Web of Freedom
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Sunday, May 23,
2004
While Regulators Dither
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Friday, April 23,
2004
Staff Appreciation Lunch--The Brief Report
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Beware of Harvard Internet Docs
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Thursday, April 22,
2004
The Metaphysicians' Club
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Friday, April 16,
2004
FCC Considering Procedural Modesty
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Sunday, April 4,
2004
Remember the Alamo Dome!
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Friday, April 2,
2004
In Your Heart
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Tuesday, March 30,
2004
AT&T's VoIP Play
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Monday, March 29,
2004
The Devil's Playground
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Saturday, March 27,
2004
BraveBand
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Friday, March 26,
2004
That Blast You Hear
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Thursday, March 25,
2004
Mandated A La Carte Nonsense
posted by Randolph May @ 10:29 AM |
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Nixonian Wisdom
posted by Randolph May @ 9:21 AM |
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Wednesday, March 24,
2004
Defeat for Government-Owned Telecoms
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Tuesday, March 16,
2004
Curiouser and Curiouser-Law and Economics in TRO-Land II
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Wednesday, March 3,
2004
Law and Economics in TRO-Land
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Tuesday, March 2,
2004
Eight Years Is Long Enough
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Thursday, February 26,
2004
Mossberg Likes VoIP
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Friday, February 20,
2004
Recess Appointment No. 2
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Wednesday, February 18,
2004
Can the Reulators Regulate Their Way to Deregulation?
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Monday, February 16,
2004
Procedural Modesty
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Wednesday, February 11,
2004
Broadband Fiasco
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Lobbying The Court
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Tuesday, February 10,
2004
GAO's Most Recent Cable Study
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Wednesday, February 4,
2004
Straight Talk on VoIP
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Tuesday, February 3,
2004
More on the New Unbundling Investigation
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Monday, February 2,
2004
FCC Gets Further Mired In Unbundling Issues
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Saturday, January 31,
2004
Better Late Than Never
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Wednesday, January 28,
2004
TRO TKO
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Wednesday, January 21,
2004
Regulatory Reform and the President--Redux
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Sunday, January 18,
2004
Regulatory Reform and the President's Economic Plan
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Friday, January 16,
2004
It's Recess Time
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Saturday, January 10,
2004
Colorado Talks Sense on VoIP--And Then Some
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Friday, January 9,
2004
Is This A Typo--Or What?
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Tuesday, January 6,
2004
A Watchdog Hounds the Metaphysicians!
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Monday, January 5,
2004
I'll Be Doggone--It's A Watchdog!
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Friday, January 2,
2004
Twenty New Years Later
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Wednesday, December 31,
2003
The Common Carrier Roller Coaster
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Wednesday, December 24,
2003
John Windhausen Replies to "Phone Politics"
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Tuesday, December 23,
2003
Chinese Communists Embrace Property Rights
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Monday, December 22,
2003
Phone Politics
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Heightened Terrorism Alert
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Wednesday, December 17,
2003
First Amendment's Big Loss
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Thursday, December 11,
2003
The Swamp Fox in DC
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Wednesday, December 10,
2003
The Swamp Fox in Charleston
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Friday, December 5,
2003
Belly Up to The Bar and Bar None
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Tuesday, December 2,
2003
What Methinks of the Metaphysics of VoIP
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Wednesday, November 26,
2003
Thanksgiving Eve 2003
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Tuesday, November 25,
2003
What Congress Didn't Say In 1996
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Thursday, November 20,
2003
There's "Re-Regulation" and There's "Re-Regulation"
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Wednesday, November 19,
2003
If It's Autumn, It Must Be Pennsylvania
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Monday, November 17,
2003
The FCC and Digital Age Rulemaking
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