by Aleks Yankelevich | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog
On June 14, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) upheld the FCC’s 2015 network neutrality regulations, soundly denying myriad legal challenges brought by the telecommunications industry (U.S. Telecomm. Ass’n v. FCC...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Having appreciated my colleague Aleks’ Yankelevich’s creative use of a “food” metaphor to explain an important aspect of economic analysis, I thought it fitting, on the day of oral arguments in the legal challenge to the FCC’s Open Internet...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog
In the past few weeks we’ve seen both a wireless and wireline carrier launch new “zero rating” video streaming services that test the boundaries of the FCC’s net neutrality policy: T-Mobile’s Binge On and Comcast’s Stream TV. According to published reports, FCC...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Sep 8, 2015 | Blog
I thought I’d write a short follow-up in response to the exchange of comments following my recent post on issues related to impacts of the FCC’s Open Internet order on ISP investment. I very much appreciate the responses to my post, especially from Hal Singer and Mark...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog
In a blog entry here yesterday I described FCC Chairman Wheeler’s Title II proposal as “replanting the roots” of communication policy in the digital age. Shortly after I posted it, the Commission released a four-page summary of the proposed “New Rules for Protecting...
