Little Impact on FCC Open Internet Order Appeal from SCOTUS Chevron Decision — Part 28 FCC Open Internet Order Series
What’s the impact on the Verizon appeal of the Open Internet Order of the Supreme Court’s strong reaffirmation of its Chevron deference standard, in Arlington v. FCC? I believe Verizon is still more likely than not to prevail on the...[Read more]
Google’s Proposed EU Search Bias Remedies: a Satire — Part 11 in Googleopoly Research Series
Sometimes something is so off-base that a straight analysis is wholly insufficient and warrants satire. Google’s 60-page proposed remedy document — or “Commitments to address the EU’s antitrust concerns of search bias — warrants satire and ridicule. Google’s proposed search...[Read more]
America’s private video market success — My Daily Caller Op-ed
Please see my latest Daily Caller op-ed: “America’s private video market success” here. It debunks Free Press’ diatribe against cable to try and promote net neutrality regulation and a ban on usage-based broadband pricing. It is Part 16 of my...[Read more]
Wireless Plan Innovation Benefits Consumers & Competition — Part 15 Broadband Internet Pricing Freedom Series
Please see my latest Daily Caller Op-ed “Wireless Plan Innovation Benefits Consumers & Competition — here. It debunks net neutrality criticism of a reported potential ESPN-wireless pricing experiment. It is also Part 15 of my Broadband Internet Pricing Freedom research...[Read more]
Wireless competition: What’s the data say?
The CTIA just released its semi-annual statistics on the wireless industry’s performance, and its bad news for all those supposed data-driven, pro-regulation proponents who are in search of evidence or data to justify regulating wireless or wireless spectrum holdings. The...[Read more]
EU-Google: Too Powerful to Prosecute? The Problems with Politically Enabling Google – Part 22 Google Unaccountability Series
The EU blinked. It’s obvious the EU does not want a high-profile political confrontation with Google over a search monopoly abuse enforcement action. Last May, when the Competition authorities announced they had a preliminary Statement of Objections for four monopoly...[Read more]
What is The Code War?
Ever wonder why there are so many never ending tech policy and political battles? Why there are so many recurring: Content battles over copyright and anti-piracy enforcement? Software battles over open source versus proprietary software and the legitimacy of software...[Read more]
What Do Dish-Sprint, Google Fiber, & T-Mobile’s No Contracts, All Mean?
Competition is alive and well in the U.S. communications market. Market forces have produced a barrage of big competitive developments in just a few weeks. Dish’s disruptive $25b bid for Sprint could offer consumers a new choice of a lower-price,...[Read more]
The Evidence that Google Bamboozled the EU Competition Authorities – Part 21 Google Unaccountability Research Series
Simply, compare the long list of major EU concessions to Google to the short-list of minor Google concessions to the EU – made in the EU-Google settlement negotiations to resolve the investigated problem of Google’s anti-competitive search bias. The evidence...[Read more]
DOJ & FTC Report Cards — My Daily Caller Op-ed
In advance of the Senate Antitrust oversight hearing for the DOJ and FTC Tuesday, please see my Daily Caller op-ed “DOJ & FTC Antitrust Report Cards” — here — to learn two of the big oversight questions for the hearing....[Read more]
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