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Infotech & Telecom News
The Heartland Institute's national monthly outreach publication for advocates of less government interference in, and more market-driven approaches to, information technology and telecom policy.
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February 2005
Different Technology, Similar Service
In the absence of competition, regulations serve to protect consumers against monopoly market power. This is, in theory, the reason why the telecommunications ... (read more)
In the absence of competition, regulations serve to protect consumers against monopoly market power. This is, in theory, the reason why the telecommunications ... (read more)
FCC Struggles to Get Past Unbundling
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in December issued its latest version of the unbundling rules it will require for incumbent local exchange carriers. The ... (read more)
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in December issued its latest version of the unbundling rules it will require for incumbent local exchange carriers. The ... (read more)
February 2005 IT&T News (pdf)
The February 2005 issue of IT&T News (formerly IT Update) highlights the critical, positive role regulators can play in the telecom industry by sending ... (read more)
The February 2005 issue of IT&T News (formerly IT Update) highlights the critical, positive role regulators can play in the telecom industry by sending ... (read more)
Google vs. Microsoft: Trustbusters Not Needed
In the fourth quarter of 2004, Google, a company renowned for its Web search service, released the Google Desktop, a software program that lets users search ... (read more)
In the fourth quarter of 2004, Google, a company renowned for its Web search service, released the Google Desktop, a software program that lets users search ... (read more)
In the News
FCC Seeks More Rural Data The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will collect more information from more facilities-based carriers in an effort ... (read more)
FCC Seeks More Rural Data The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will collect more information from more facilities-based carriers in an effort ... (read more)
Regulators Must Send the Right Signals
Telecommunications has been referred to as the central nervous system of the American economy. There is almost no aspect of today’s economic activity that ... (read more)
Telecommunications has been referred to as the central nervous system of the American economy. There is almost no aspect of today’s economic activity that ... (read more)
The FCC Backslides on Unbundling
When I was growing up, when someone would get religion and profess faith, but then fall away from religious practice and slip back into his former way of ... (read more)
When I was growing up, when someone would get religion and profess faith, but then fall away from religious practice and slip back into his former way of ... (read more)
Why Muni Wi-Fi Is a False Hope
Government spending of taxpayer dollars in questionable ways is nothing new. But today, a growing number of U.S. cities have discovered a new method for ... (read more)
Government spending of taxpayer dollars in questionable ways is nothing new. But today, a growing number of U.S. cities have discovered a new method for ... (read more)
