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July 28, 2011
Philadelphia: More Costs and Wireless
Philadelphia taxpayers left stranded, again, with a failed municipal wi-fi network might wish Philly was in the Tar Heel State.
July 14, 2011
A Monopoly on Government Hindering Innovation, Progress and Jobs?
Lately many technology stories, from search engines to telecommunications, include a discussion of a company’s ability to “control” some marketplace—in other words, lots of talk about “monopolies.
June 30, 2011
Coming to a Conclusion on the FCC and Wireless Competition
The FCC just released its wireless report, and for the second year in a row this FCC has declined to come to a conclusion as to whether the wireless industry is “competitive.
June 16, 2011
Reading This TechByte Will Destroy the Planet
Really?
So asserts Mohamed Cheriet of Montreal's Ecole de Technologie Superieure.
June 2, 2011
FCC: Overreach and Overbroad, not Oversight
The announcement that AT&T plans to acquire T-Mobile USA is now nearly three months old and yet it seems that the FCC regulatory machine is sputtering, without a real timetable, and without a clear path for quality policy making.
May 26, 2011
Innovation at the Speed of Bureaucracy
The pace of technological innovation in communications is mindboggling; it’s almost impossible to keep up with the proliferation of better handsets, an increasing number of services, the multiplying apps on better networks, and all costing less—a lot less.
April 8, 2011
Why North Carolina Should Restrict Municipal Broadband Schemes
Many municipalities around the country have struggled, and failed, to either stand up to communications networks or partner with private companies to get into the business of broadband.
March 24, 2011
Another Lesson in Property Rights for Google
On Tuesday, more than a year after hearing the case, U.
March 3, 2011
Phone Pimps
Could it be that more people in South Dakota pay for pornography than any other demographic? What could possibly explain this behavior? Oddly, the rural phone service providers in the Mount Rushmore State seem to have some explaining to do.
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