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Why is telecommunications taxed like a sin?
With the way governments in the United States treat telecommunications providers, you would think that the providers’ services came with a surgeon general warning. Generally speaking, governments...
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Data on data — the New Zealand story
It has been somewhat of an article of faith among many in telecommunications circles that provisioning fast fiber to entire populations will unleash, if not a tsunami of economic growth, then at least...
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Telecom regulations: Don’t let history repeat itself
A well-known adage about human endeavors is that “history repeats itself.” I prefer an equally popular but more optimistic adage: “Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.” Before you say...
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The new FCC can only do so much; keeping the internet free requires legislation
Ajit Pai, the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), announced on April 26 a plan to undo the work of previous chairman Tom Wheeler’s FCC and bring back light-touch regulation to the...
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5G innovation in the states
The fate of the Open Internet Order, also known as net neutrality, consumes much of the technology policy oxygen in Washington, DC. But the future of wireless broadband is surprisingly also contingent...
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Cisco’s report on internet trends: Implications for tech policy
Last week Cisco Systems released its latest Visual Networking Index report. The white paper is part of an ongoing series that tracks and forecasts trends in regional and global Internet Protocol (IP)...
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Should cities compete with their ISPs? University of Pennsylvania study warns...
Yet another academic study has given municipal broadband a failing grade. Not that there are a lot of actual studies of what happens when a government that regulates businesses also competes with them...
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Investing in the future of the internet and work
As I type this blog from my home office, in a blissful (if rare) moment of children quietly finishing chores, two recent stories from The Wall Street Journal on working remotely have caught my eye. On...
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Dispelling myths about US and global internet speeds
Some commentators have been quick to complain about the prices Americans pay for internet services and the apparent low quality of services offered in comparison to selected international benchmarks....
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GAO: Some progress on Lifeline reform, but much still to do
As Congress’s watchdog, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) does not pull punches when assessing how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. In March 2015, the agency issued a blistering...
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