While most of us were on vacation this summer, the Federal Communications Commission concluded its latest comment period in the long, ongoing saga of business data services regulation.…
Today’s tools will not be adequate for a fully immersive, high-definition VR future by Larry Irving and Jamal Simmons Last month, a ripple traversed the internet when the…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing to foist new rate regulations on the “business data services” (BDS) market, the dedicated broadband links that provide Internet access to…
Verizon is leaving the community of companies who believe in investment and facilities-based competition. Move over, Brexit. There’s a new exit making waves: Verizon’s (VZ) , as evidenced…
The FCC is seeking to extend “special access” regulations formerly applicable only to legacy copper-based services to new fiber-based services in geographic locations the agency deems to be…
Oh, FCC: Take some notes from Canada. Maxime Bernier, one of the candidates for leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, has just given a speech in which…
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) asymmetric approach to internet privacy is likely to create a false sense of security among web users. Despite stringent FCC privacy regulation of…
The market for “special access” data services is getting more competitive all the time. And now there is additional fresh economic evidence of this. For those who aren’t…
OTT service’s network management revelations are an ‘exercise in hypocrisy’ Netflix’s stunning admission that, for five years, it reduced the video speeds of customers of Verizon Wireless and…
In their never-ending quest for continued and even expanded “special access” price regulation, competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) for years have suggested that no real competition exists in…
Challenged telecommunications giant Sprint (S) is talking out of both sides of its mouth—and it seems to be a smart strategy that’s paying off. Every year American employers…
The federal Lifeline program needs to be reformed to include high-speed Internet service for Americans with the lowest incomes. by Larry Irving and Jamal Simmons People aim cellphones…
