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Antitrust Provides a More Reasonable Regulatory Framework than Net Neutrality
In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) imposed network neutrality rules on Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The rules depressed investment and harmed consumers. In 2017, the FCC started a proceeding to end net neutrality regulation.
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Joshua Wright |
2017 |
Law, Social Welfare, and Net Neutrality
Net neutrality rules bar broadband carriers from charging different prices to different Internet users, but this would mean that ordinary consumers are paying more for Internet service so that firms like Netflix can pay less.
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Keith Hylton |
2017 |
Antitrust via Rulemaking: Competition Catalysts
Some observers note a decline in competition in American industry; fewer new firms are entering the market, and markets are becoming more concentrated. Federal and state agencies can devise regulations to catalyze competition.
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Tim Wu |
2017 |
T-Mobile’s Binge On Violates Key Net Neutrality Principles
T-Mobile’s “Binge On” plan allows customers to stream some video providers without using up their data plan cap. The FCC will assess whether the plan violates net neutrality rules. “Binge On” favors some providers and services over others, limiting choice, innovation, and competition.
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Barbara van Schewick |
2016 |
Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy
Many businesses are “pipelines” that channel goods or services to consumers. Today, pipelines face competition from a new business model, the platform. Platforms provide opportunities for consumers and producers to interact, just as Uber connects drivers and passengers.
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Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary |
2016 |
Reflecting on the 1996 Act
The 1996 Telecommunications Act was intended to open communications markets to competition. Legislators did not foresee the role that the Internet and wireless service would play in increasing competition; instead, they emphasized the importance of local telephone networks.
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Gregory L. Rosston, Bradley Wimmer |
2016 |
Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like
Net neutrality rules stop Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from blocking online content; nondiscrimination rules limit interference short of blocking. Nondiscrimination rules should ban discrimination against specific applications and broad categories of applications.
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Barbara van Schewick |
2015 |
Unlocking Spectrum Value through Improved Allocation, Assignment, and Adjudication of Spectrum Rights
Future demand for wireless services will be hard to satisfy, as little unused spectrum remains. Wireless services must use spectrum more intensively. Reform is needed to facilitate intensive use, freeing wireless firms to negotiate deals with neighbors and resolve disputes.
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Pierre de Vries, Philip J. Weiser |
2014 |
The Case for Rebooting the Network Neutrality Debate
In the United States, the public supports network neutrality, the principle that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should not control online content and services. Allowing ISPs to block startups discourages investment. Europe adopted neutrality rules when ISPs began to stifle innovation.
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Barbara van Schewick |
2014 |
Does Service Bundling Reduce Churn?
This study considers whether firms that sell telecommunications services as a bundle find it easier to retain customers. The data shows that bundling does reduce “churn” for pay television, broadband, and telephone service.
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Shane Greenstein, Jeffrey Prince |
2014 |