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July 15, 2021

Issue Brief: Pole Attachments and Broadband Build-out

President Joe Biden has made broadband build-out part of his Build Back Better plan, arguing that it constitutes essential infrastructure, much like electricity and water. The plan calls for $100…

Telecommunications

June 3, 2021

A Dynamic Analysis of Broadband Competition

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout & Ben Sperry

The instinct to promote broadband network buildout is understandable, but precisely how that infrastructure funding is deployed will determine whether such proposals succeed or fail.

Telecommunications

April 29, 2021

ICLE’s Principles for the Future of Broadband Infrastructure

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the resilience of U.S. broadband infrastructure, the extent to which we rely on that infrastructure, and the geographies and communities where broadband build-out lags behind.…

Telecommunications

November 30, 2020

Adding a Warning Label to Rewheel’s International Price Comparison and Competitiveness Rankings

Geoffrey A. Manne & Gus Hurwitz & Eric Fruits

The Internet is a fabulous means of communication. However, the Digital Fuel Monitor by Rewheel/research is a prime example of misinformation on the Internet

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 17, 2019

A Review of the Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Market Concentration and Mergers in the Wireless Telecommunications Industry

Eric Fruits & Gus Hurwitz & Geoffrey A. Manne & Julian Morris & Alec Stapp

The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has been characterized as a “4-to-3 merger” because after the merger there will be 3 national mobile network operators. Concerns have been raised regarding…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

July 31, 2015

How the “21st Century First Amendment” Violates the First Amendment

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry & Berin Szoka

Is net neutrality necessary to protect First Amendment values in the 21st Century? Or does the First Amendment actually prevent net neutrality regulation? How can both of these questions be considered simultaneously?

Telecommunications

November 13, 2013

Spectrum Policy for the Wired Network, Aspen Institute Roundtable

Geoffrey A. Manne

Increasingly, the wired and wireless networks are converging in architecture and function. For example, the further fiber moves towards the customer, the more wireless capabilities are available in cellular networks.

Telecommunications

January 1, 2012

If Search Neutrality Is the Answer, What's the Question?

Geoffrey A. Manne & Joshua Wright

In recent months a veritable legal and policy frenzy has erupted around Google generally, and more specifically concerning how its search activities should be regulated by government authorities throughout the world in the name of ensuring “search neutrality.”

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

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