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You are hereRegulationU.S. Competition Beats EU Regulation in Broadband Race – Part 30 – FCC Open Internet Order SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2013-06-21 15:27They were so wrong. To justify FCC market intervention, U.S. proponents of EU-style, heavy-handed broadband regulation trumpeted the narrative that the U.S. was falling behind the world in broadband. The pro-regulation chorus of Free Press, Save the Internet, Public Knowledge, Susan Crawford, the Harvard Berkman Center, et al, sung from the same made-up song sheet that American business was failing and Government needed to take control of broadband networks to restore American leadership and prevent private enterprise from discriminating and censoring Americans free speech. Now we know how tall a tale these pro-regulation pressure groups were willing to spin to advance their interventionist net neutrality agenda. Facts are pesky things and the facts show that the U.S. is strongly leading the EU in the broadband race. It is so obvious even top EU officials admit the EU “needs to catch up.” Let’s review the latest facts. The New U.S. Spectrum Policy Has Big Problems – Part 9 -- Government Spectrum Waste Fraud & Abuse SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Wed, 2013-06-19 16:01Please see my latest Daily Caller op-ed: "The New U.S. Spectrum Policy Has Big Problems” -- here.
* * * * * The FCC/DOJ’s One Gigahertz Spectrum Charade – My Daily Caller Op-ed & Part 8 of Government Spectrum Waste, Fraud & Abuse SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Fri, 2013-06-07 15:01
Please see my latest Daily Caller op-ed: "FCC/DOJ’s One Gigahertz Spectrum Charade" -- here.
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Government Spectrum Waste Fraud and Abuse Research Series More Legal Trouble for FCC’s Open Internet Order & Net Neutrality -- Part 29 FCC Open Internet Order SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Sun, 2013-06-02 18:32The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals 3-0 decision to overturn the FCC in Comcast v. FCC/Tennis Channel spells more trouble for the ultimate legality of the FCC’s Open Internet Order. That decision spotlights that three additional D.C. Circuit Appeals Court’s judges do not agree with the FCC’s reading of the law and the facts concerning lawful network discrimination. On the margin, this new decision should make Verizon more confident and the FCC less confident in the outcome of Verizon v. FCC. Overall, I believe Verizon remains more likely than not to prevail in its challenge of the FCC net neutrality regulations in the FCC’s Open Internet Order, because Verizon only needs to prevail with one of its many strong arguments while the FCC must win on all of them. How is this latest D.C. Circuit decision relevant to the FCC Open Internet order case? Little Impact on FCC Open Internet Order Appeal from SCOTUS Chevron Decision -- Part 28 FCC Open Internet Order SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2013-05-21 18:23What’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 merits of its appeal, because the FCC’s Open Internet Order is so unambiguously far outside the bounds of the FCC’s statutory authority, that Chevron deference is unlikely to apply. If the SCOTUS had not strongly reaffirmed Chevron deference, the FCC would have faced an even steeper fight in the Open Internet Order. Despite the SCOTUS decision not being particularly helpful in the specific FCC Open Internet case, it undeniably was very FCC-friendly overall. That’s because it affords the FCC more latitude to exploit the many legally-ambiguous seams of communications law to advance its various regulatory agendas in highly-targeted ways. The FCC Transition? -- My Daily Caller Op-ed - Part 5 Modernization Consensus SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2013-05-07 13:07Please read my latest Daily Caller Op-ed: "The FCC Transition?" -- here. What Do Dish-Sprint, Google Fiber, & T-Mobile’s No Contracts, All Mean?Submitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2013-04-22 04:34Competition 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, faster-speed, all-wireless platform for the first time. Google’s disruptive ongoing expansion of Google Fiber from Kansas City to Austin Texas and Provo Utah signals more and new consumers could increasingly enjoy the choice of a new, much-faster, near-comprehensively-integrated broadband offering. And T-Mobile is disrupting in yet another major way with a new maverick wireless pricing model that offers no contract plans and relatively more a la carte pricing. These developments are proof positive why competition is so far superior to regulation. Survival is a powerful motivator to disrupt, differentiate and innovate, just as the opportunity for large profit and market leadership are powerful motivators as well. While regulators slowly fret over how they can solve yesterday’s problems by fiat or opaque subsidy, competition is automatically devising alternative solutions to today’s problems, and inevitably is working on different solutions to tomorrow’s problems. I. Dish-Sprint DOJ Joins FCC in Picking Wireless Winners and Losers – My Daily Caller Op-edSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Mon, 2013-04-15 14:07Please see my latest Daily Caller op-ed: "DOJ Joins FCC in Picking Wireless Winners & Losers" -- here.
* * * * * Government Spectrum Waste Fraud and Abuse Research Series Part 1: U.S. Government's Obsolete and Wasteful Spectrum Hoarding and Rationing Will the New FCC Chair be a Modernist or a Nostalgist? -- My Daily Caller Op-ed -- Part 4 of Modernization Consensus SeriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2013-04-02 15:08Please read my latest Daily Caller Op-ed: "Will the New FCC Chair Be a Modernist or Nostalgist?" -- here.
* * * * * Modernization Consensus Series (Note: This research series previews strategic developments that could encourage consensus to modernize obsolete communications law.) FCC's Obsolete Wireless Competition Mindset -- my Daily Caller op-ed -- Part 6 Government Spectrum Waste Fraud & Abuse seriesSubmitted by Scott Cleland on Tue, 2013-03-26 17:35Please see my new Daily Caller op-ed "FCC’s Obsolete Wireless Competition Mindset" -- here.
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