by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
Over the past several days I’ve seen a number of post-mortems on the decision by Comcast to drop its bid to acquire Time Warner Cable after it became clear regulators weren’t going to approve the deal. Two items in particular caught my attention over the weekend: a...
by William Dutton | Feb 26, 2015 | Blog
Net Neutrality by A. Michael Noll Do not become confused over the debate over net neutrality. The definitions and principles are all quite basic – and simple. There is a tendency to define the Internet by what services can be obtained over it, for example: email,...
by William Dutton | Feb 26, 2015 | Blog, research
MSU’s Quello Center is launching a study of the impact of net neutrality. With the support for net neutrality regulations at the FCC, and in the White House, the debate should quickly move from theoretical speculation to empirical realities: What will be the actual...
by William Dutton | Feb 15, 2015 | Blog, FCC
This brief interview provides insights to key features of communication policy and regulatory processes in the US context. It is an interview with Professor Johannes Bauer, following a lecture he gave to visiting executives that allowed him to pursue these issues in...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Feb 12, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In the following video, President Obama announced several steps his Administration is taking to encourage municipally-owned broadband networks, as well as the rationale for taking them. A few weeks after the president’s January 14 speech, the FCC announced it...
