September 2004 IT Update (pdf)

The September issue of IT Update opens with Managing Editor Steve Titch’s essay encouraging state legislators and public utility commissioners to recognize that “today’s regulatory landscape is out of sync with today’s technology.” In particular, Titch urges minimum regulation and taxation of Voice over Internet Protocol technologies.

In this issue:

• “States Need a Telecom Reality Check,” Steven Titch, The Heartland Institute;

• “NCSL Calls for Repeal of Telecom Taxes,” National Conference of State Legislatures;

• “A la Carte Cable TV Will Raise Rates, Decrease Diversity,” National Cable & Telecommunications Association;

• “Consumer ‘Advocates’ Set Sights on Wireless,” Sonia Arrison, Pacific Research Institute;

• “Competition: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow,” Steven Titch, The Heartland Institute;

• “Balancing P2P and Copyright Infringement,” Norbert Michel, The Heritage Foundation.