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A “Public Infrastructure” Perspective on Special Access

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...

BTOP’s Fiber Investment, Social Value & the Special Access Market

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....
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