As Tarzan once explained to Jane, “You wouldn’t believe it honey; it’s a real jungle out there.” Now comes PlayStation-Gate: Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, had to admit he couldn’t guarantee users the security they expect when they supply personal and financial information to Sony over the …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: cyber-security, Howard Stringer, Internet, privacy, Sony PlayStation | Category: Internet |
 Leave a commentThe Federal Communications Commission has set the agenda for its next meeting, with a proposed “Open Internet Order” front and center. Of course, it’s hard to oppose openness (or mom or apple pie), but there are other issues at stake. Our primary concern is that the FCC may … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: FCC, Internet, Internet TV, Net Neutrality | Category: Quick Takes, Telecommunications Regulation |
Leave a commentWith revenue-hungry Washington now considering regulating and taxing Internet gambling rather than crushing same, it would be nice to figure out whether we really want web gambling to go legit. To that end, The New York Times asked eight experts — Larry Ashley, Les Bernal, Annie Duke, Earl … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Annie Duke, Earl Grinols, Internet, John Kindt, Larry Ashley, Les Bernal, Michelle Minton, Raymond Sauer | Category: Gambling Regulation, Quick Takes |
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 commentIt’s jam-packed with information, and we shuttle countless bits and bytes of it around the globe on fiber-optic cables (no tubes, please). So, is the Internet a telecommunications service or an information service? You may think Washington is preoccupied with unemployment and deficits and tea party antics, but deep, deep … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: discrimination rules, FCC, Internet, Ma Bell, Net Neutrality | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
Leave a commentAnalyses of the D.C. Federal Court of Appeals’ decision in Comcast v. FCC [Download Here] have focused on who won and who lost. And for good reason: the judgment imposes significant limits on the FCC’s ill-defined authority to have its way with the … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Antitrust, Comcast, FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality, peer-to-peer | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
2 comments…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 |
Leave a commentThe FCC is in the process of devising a National Broadband Strategy – something you should care about if you believe (as we do) that high-speed Internet is essential to increasing the productivity of the American economy. The commissioners’ focus is thus commendable. But we’re not enamored with the way … |
Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
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