September 10, 2013

How the FCC Will Lose on Net Neutrality

Ben Sperry

With Matt Starr, Berin Szoka and Geoffrey Manne Today’s oral argument in the D.C Circuit over the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules suggests that the case — Verizon v. FCC —…

Telecommunications

September 9, 2013

A guide to today’s net neutrality oral arguments

Geoffrey A. Manne

With Berin Szoka We’ll be delving into today’s oral arguments at our live-streamed TechFreedom/ICLE event at 12:30 EDT — and tweeting on the #NetNeutrality hashtag. But here are a few…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 6, 2013

Two net neutrality events following oral argument in Verizon v FCC on Monday

Geoffrey A. Manne

On Monday the DC Circuit hears oral argument in Verizon v. FCC – the case challenging the FCC’s Open Internet Order. Following the oral argument I’ll be participating in two…

Telecommunications

September 6, 2013

Of Cake and Netflix

Gus Hurwitz

My new FSF Perspectives piece, Let Them Eat Cake and Watch Netflix, was published today. This piece explores a tension in Susan Crawford’s recent Wired commentary on Pew’s 2013 Broadband…

Telecommunications

December 21, 2012

Tears for Tiers: Wyden’s “Data Cap” Restrictions Would Hurt, not Help, Internet Users

Geoffrey A. Manne

As Democrats insist that income taxes on the 1% must go up in the name of fairness, one Democratic Senator wants to make sure that the 1% of heaviest Internet users pay the same price as the rest of us.

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 6, 2012

I Will be Participating Today on the Live Webcast “This Week in Law”

Geoffrey A. Manne

Today at 11AM PT I will be participating on the live webcast “This Week in Law” along with TechFreedom Senior Adjunct Fellow Larry Downes. Denise Howell will be hosting and…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

September 2, 2011

The Spectrum Argument Lives, Debunking Letter-Gate, and Why the DOJ Is Still Wrong to Try to Stop the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

Geoffrey A. Manne

[Cross-posted at Tech Liberation Front] Milton Mueller responded to my post Wednesday on the DOJ’s decision to halt the AT&T/T-Mobile merger by asserting that there was no evidence the merger would lead to “anything…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

August 29, 2011

Hazlett & Wright on The Law and Economics of Network Neutrality

Joshua Wright

Thomas Hazlett and I have posted The Law and Economics of Network Neutrality: The Federal Communications Commission’s Network Neutrality Order regulates how broadband networks explain their services to customers, mandates…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection

April 13, 2011

Net Neutrality, the MetroPCS Complaint, and Low-Income Consumers

Joshua Wright

I blogged a bit about the MetroPCS net neutrality complaint a few weeks ago.  The complaint, you may recall, targeted the MetroPCS menu of packages and pricing offered to its…

Antitrust & Consumer Protection