by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
As I discussed in an earlier post, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) recently released a paper by its Director of Research, Mark Cooper, which made the case that the FCC’s decision to deregulate special access in 1999 was premature and has resulted in...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
During the past few days I’ve been: 1) reviewing the BTOP program evaluation study’s final report prepared in 2014 by ASR Analytics and; 2) doing some homework aimed at better understanding issues related to the FCC’s pending special access study and proceeding....
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...
