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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.
February 18, 2011
We Really Mean It--Hands Off the Internet
Admittedly, we’ve been pretty critical of many policy stances taken by Google over the past several years.
January 27, 2011
So Chavez Hears Us Now?
It’s commonly understood that the world watches closely what the U.
January 13, 2011
Dissing Mobile Communications
Last week the California Supreme Court ruled that a police officer may pilfer the contents of a mobile phone (or presumably a PDA, net book, notebook or wallet) without a warrant merely because the person carrying it is arrested.
December 20, 2010
What the FCC SHOULD Be Doing Tomorrow
Last week, The Wall Street Journal headline read “Companies Cling to Cash.
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