Soon smartphones, tablets and as-yet barely imagined gadgets will be as ubiquitous as MP3 players, opening the door to a wireless future in which everything from professional sports to MRI scans will be available on demand anytime, anywhere. Or maybe not: much turns on the outcome of a struggle between …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, FCC, Genachowski, LTE, Spectrum, wireless | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
 Leave a commentShopping for broadband in the UK? You’ll find that most Internet providers are charging more to consumers who use more – which, in practice, mostly means the folks who watch a lot of streaming video. That’s how it should be from the perspective of fairness and economic efficiency. … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, Net Neutrality | Category: Internet regulation |
Leave a commentIn the United States, it usually isn’t hard to find a phone: there are 286 million mobile handsets and 141 million landlines in service — 137 phones for every 100 Americans. Nonetheless, Congress sees fit to tax users close to $9 billion annually to provide access to those who might … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, FCC, Universal Service Fund | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
Leave a comment“Within the next five years, we’ll make it possible for businesses to deploy the next generation of high-speed wireless coverage to 98 percent of all Americans,” enthused the president in his State of the Union address. The president didn’t explain how he proposes to get us from here … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, FCC, State of the Union | Category: Broadband |
Leave a commentThe FCC asserted jurisdiction over the regulation of high-speed Internet services today, and, in particular, how it interprets the controversial concept of “net neutrality.” The rules are complicated (hey, this is Washington). But the general drift is apparent from the public statements made at this morning’s open meeting. The … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, FCC, Net Neutrality, streaming video | Category: Internet, Quick Takes |
Leave a commentWatch out! With video-driven demand for bandwidth exploding on both the wired and wireless Internet, expect service providers to drop standard all-you-can-watch pricing in favor of tiered rates. Higher monthly bills are sure to follow. Well, probably not. According to a survey by Scott Wallsten and James … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, Internet service providers, tiered pricing | Category: Quick Takes, Telecommunications Regulation |
Leave a commentSo it’s official: Verizon and Google have (sort of) agreed on a way to break the deadlock on “net neutrality” – the highly charged question of when (if ever) Internet providers may differentiate the quality of service among users. For the first time, companies with very different interests have … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, Google, network neutrality, Verizon | Category: Internet |
Leave a commentFrustrated by a federal appeals court ruling that the FCC had no authority to second-guess Comcast’s treatment of customers and under pressure from the Obama Administration to impose a net neutrality regime (whatever that truly means) on the broadband industry, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski is now asserting the … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, Comcast, FCC, Internet, Julius Genachowski, network neutrality | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
Leave a commentBarbara Esbin of The Progress & Freedom Foundation (don’t let the name throw you…) offers a nice critique of the FCC’s much-heralded broadband plan, arguing there is a disconnect between the agency’s celebration of market-driven innovation on the one hand and call for more regulation on … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Barbara Esbin, Broadband, FCC, The Progress & Freedom Foundation | Category: Internet, Quick Takes |
Leave a comment…the Wall Street Journal op-ed on high-speed Internet service, co-authored by the often-warring CEOs of Google and Verizon. Messrs. Schmidt and Seidenberg laud the FCC’s ambitious broadband plan – in particular, the focus on promoting innovative uses of the net in key areas like health care, the goal … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Broadband, Eric Schmidt, FCC, Google, Internet, Ivan Seidenberg, Manhattan Project, Verizon | Category: Internet |
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