digital economy
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Watching the FCC attempt to construct net neutrality regulations to lord over the Internet is a bit like watching a child build a sand castle and declare himself king of the beach. Neither has really created a kingdom, but at least the latter is cute.
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Freedom wins in battle to control the ’Net.
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Given the competition in the wireless broadband market – indeed, in the broadband marketplace at large – the costs of the FCC interfering with proposals like AT&T’s are likely to outweigh the benefits.
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FeaturedInternet/Telecom
Is Net Neutrality Trying to Mutate into an Economic Entitlement?
by Scott Cleland January 13, 2014Activists are freaking out about AT&T’s Sponsored Data plan because it defiles their utopian ideal of perfect Internet egalitarianism of universal, unlimited, free, downstream-bandwidth for edge creators.
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EconomicsFeaturedInternet/TelecomLegal Affairs
Whatever Happened to Microsoft?
by Joe Bast August 26, 2013Reading through David Kopel’s book today, I’m struck by how prescient he was a dozen years ago in his forecasts of changing technology, emerging competition, and the deadening influence of antitrust law in this arena of rapid change.
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EconomicsFeaturedInternet/TelecomLiberty
The Rise of Uber: An Emerging Dynamic Economy and its Discontents
by Alexander Klemp July 23, 2013The growing use of Uber to hail a cab is economic dynamism at its finest: an unregulated Internet service upending an old, established service with consumers reaping the rewards.