Regulation in a Digital Age
The old saying “Never a dull moment” certainly describes the evolution of communications technology. Broadcast television followed radio in the 1950s, satellite TV and cable TV followed in the 1970s ...
Rolling Back Regulation at the FCC
Though competition and consumer choice now pervade almost all segments of the communications market, the Federal Communications Commission has done little to eliminate regulations that were adopted in the days ...
FCC Regulators Turn Their Eyes to the Internet
The FCC is poised to take a significant step today to regulate Internet providers in the name of so-called net neutrality. If it does, its action will say a lot ...
Overregulating the Internet
While health-care reform may be the foremost example of President Obama’s overreaching domestic-policy agenda, communications policy deserves attention as well. In October, the Obama administration’s Federal Communications Commission unleashed a ...
Dynamic Deregulation
If a telephone installer told you there would be an eight-year wait before you would be connected, you’d likely seek a different phone service. And in today’s world, you could ...
Negotiate, Not Litigate
When the D.C. Circuit appeals court this past March once again threw out the Federal Communications Commission’s rules requiring incumbent telephone companies like Verizon to share their network facilities at ...