July 30, 2019

Municipal Revenue Extraction Should Not Stand in the Way of Next Generation Broadband

Kristian Stout

Advanced broadband networks are hot topics, but little attention is paid to the critical investments in infrastructure necessary to make these networks a reality. The FCC’s proposed 621 Order is an important measure to help providers deploy high speed broadband across a fragmented municipal regulatory environment.

May 9, 2018

Closing the Rural Digital Divide Requires Understanding the Rural Digital Divide

Gus Hurwitz

I had the pleasure last month of hosting the first of a new annual roundtable discussion series on closing the rural digital divide through the University of Nebraska’s Space, Cyber, and Telecom Law Program. The purpose of the roundtable was to convene a diverse group of stakeholders for a discussion of the on-the-ground reality of closing the rural digital divide.

Innovation & The New Economy

October 21, 2016

FCC Chairman Wheeler’s claimed fealty to FTC privacy standards is belied by the rules he actually proposes

Geoffrey A. Manne

Next week the FCC is slated to vote on the second iteration of Chairman Wheeler’s proposed broadband privacy rules. Of course, as has become all too common, none of us…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

July 7, 2016

The FCC’s proposed broadband privacy rules are still devoid of sufficient evidence or analysis

Geoffrey A. Manne

Yesterday, the International Center for Law & Economics filed reply comments in the docket of the FCC’s Broadband Privacy NPRM. ICLE was joined in its comments by the following scholars…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

July 6, 2016

Comments, Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Telecom Services

Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout

The NPRM and many of the comments supporting it reflect an ill-considered approach to privacy regulation for ISPs.

Telecommunications

May 31, 2016

The FCC’s proposed broadband privacy rules: The harmful effects of regulating without evidence or analysis

Geoffrey A. Manne

Last week the International Center for Law & Economics filed comments on the FCC’s Broadband Privacy NPRM. ICLE was joined in its comments by the following scholars of law & economics:…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

January 4, 2016

Comments, 9/12/15 Paper on Differential Pricing for Data Services, TRAI

Kristian Stout & Geoffrey A. Manne

"The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”)’s tradition of regulatory humility — the “forbearance and flexibility” that has characterized its approach to telecommunications services regulation — has enabled the explosive growth of internet usage throughout India..."

Innovation & The New Economy

November 24, 2015

Amicus Brief, US Telecom v. FCC, D.C. Circuit

Geoffrey A. Manne & Ben Sperry & Gus Hurwitz

"The Order represents a substantial and unprecedented expansion of the FCC’s claimed authority. The Commission asserts authority to implement agency-defined policy by any means over the entire broadband communications infrastructure of the United States..."

Telecommunications

October 2, 2015

The FCC distorted market realities to scuttle the Comcast-TWC merger

Geoffrey A. Manne

Last week, FCC General Counsel Jonathan Sallet pulled back the curtain on the FCC staff’s analysis behind its decision to block Comcast’s acquisition of Time Warner Cable. As the FCC…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection