June 7, 2013 Please see my latest Daily Caller Op-ed: “FCC/DOJ’s One Gigahertz Spectrum Charade”. It’s Part 8 of my Government Spectrum Waste, Fraud & Abuse Research Series. * * * * * Government Spectrum Waste Fraud and Abuse Research Series Part 1: U.S. Government’s...
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The Bitcoin/Virtual Currency Bubble – Beware of the Alchemy of “Abundance Economics”
June 4, 2013 Bubbles happen because people ignore economics and assume away reality in their excitement over a new idea. “Virtual currencies” could be the latest tech “economics of abundance” bubble in the making. Fans of abundance economics imagine that the free and open Internet’s...
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More Legal Trouble for FCC’s Open Internet Order & Net Neutrality
June 2, 2013 The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals 3-0 decision to overturn the FCC in Comcast v. FCC/Tennis Channel spells more trouble for the ultimate legality of the FCC’s Open Internet Order. That decision spotlights that three additional D.C. Circuit Appeals Court’s judges do...
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Little Impact on FCC Open Internet Order Appeal from SCOTUS Chevron Decision
May 21, 2013 What’s the impact on the Verizon appeal of the Open Internet Order of the Supreme Court’s strong reaffirmation of its Chevron deference standard, in Arlington v. FCC? I believe Verizon is still more likely than not to prevail on the merits of...
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America’s Private Video Market Success – My Daily Caller Op-ed
May 16, 2013 Please see my latest Daily Caller Op-ed: “America’s private video market success”. –It debunks Free Press’ diatribe against cable to try and promote net neutrality regulation and a ban on usage-based broadband pricing. –It is Part 16 of my broadband Internet pricing...
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Wireless Plan Innovation Benefits Consumers & Competition – Part 15 Broadband Internet Pricing Freedom Series
May 13, 2013 Please see my latest Daily Caller Op-ed, “Wireless Plan Innovation Benefits Consumers & Competition”. –It debunks net neutrality criticism of a reported potential ESPN-wireless pricing experiment. –It’s also Part 15 of my Broadband Internet Pricing Freedom Research Series. * * * *...
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The FCC Transition? My Daily Caller Op-ed
May 7, 2013 Please read my latest Daily Caller Op-ed: “The FCC Transition?” –It highlights the strategic transition challenges facing FCC Chairman nominee Tom Wheeler. –It’s also Part 7 of my Modernization Consensus Research Series. * * * * * Modernization Consensus Series (Note: This...
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Wireless Competition: What’s the Data Say?
May 2, 2013 The CTIA just released its semi-annual statistics on the wireless industry’s performance, and its bad news for all those supposed data-driven, pro-regulation proponents who are in search of evidence or data to justify regulating wireless or wireless spectrum holdings. The data are...
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What is The Code War?
April 26, 2013 Ever wonder why there are so many never ending tech policy and political battles? Why there are so many recurring: Content battles over copyright and anti-piracy enforcement? Software battles over open source versus proprietary software and the legitimacy of software patents? Broadband...
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What Do Dish-Sprint, Google Fiber, & T-Mobile’s No Contracts All Mean?
April 22, 2013 Competition is alive and well in the U.S. communications market. Market forces have produced a barrage of big competitive developments in just a few weeks. Dish’s disruptive $25b bid for Sprint could offer consumers a new choice of a lower-price, faster-speed, all-wireless...
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