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June 2005
Crisis Looms in Universal Service
President George W. Bush has laid out the case for why Congress should tackle the looming Social Security crisis, even though the real financial crunch ... (read more)
President George W. Bush has laid out the case for why Congress should tackle the looming Social Security crisis, even though the real financial crunch ... (read more)
Don’t Tax My iPod!
April 15 is considered by many Americans to be “tax day.” But those who think this expensive event comes only once a year should examine their ... (read more)
April 15 is considered by many Americans to be “tax day.” But those who think this expensive event comes only once a year should examine their ... (read more)
June IT&T News: Broadband Is Not a Public Utility (pdf)
In the June 2005 issue of IT&T News, Heartland Senior Fellow Steven Titch highlights the differences between broadband and public utilities like municipal ... (read more)
In the June 2005 issue of IT&T News, Heartland Senior Fellow Steven Titch highlights the differences between broadband and public utilities like municipal ... (read more)
Michigan Rethinks Laptop Giveaway Program
As computer technology becomes integral to an ever-wider range of professions, lawmakers and educators have grappled with how to prepare students to compete ... (read more)
As computer technology becomes integral to an ever-wider range of professions, lawmakers and educators have grappled with how to prepare students to compete ... (read more)
Minnesota Botches IT Bill
Caught up in the fervor over open-source software and believing open-source alternatives save money, Minnesota wants to encourage the use of royalty-free ... (read more)
Caught up in the fervor over open-source software and believing open-source alternatives save money, Minnesota wants to encourage the use of royalty-free ... (read more)
Municipal Broadband Is Not a Public Utility
Broadband, we are told, is too important a resource to be left to the “vagaries of the marketplace.” It apparently doesn’t matter that as a group, telephone, ... (read more)
Broadband, we are told, is too important a resource to be left to the “vagaries of the marketplace.” It apparently doesn’t matter that as a group, telephone, ... (read more)
News Briefs
U.S. Tops in Broadband Lines The United States leads the world in wireline broadband connections, with 33.9 million DSL and cable modem lines as of year-end ... (read more)
U.S. Tops in Broadband Lines The United States leads the world in wireline broadband connections, with 33.9 million DSL and cable modem lines as of year-end ... (read more)
Subjective Indecency Rules Burden Industry, Coddle Viewers
Broadcasters have a legal duty to operate according to the “public interest, convenience, and necessity.” This standard, the basis for laws against broadcast ... (read more)
Broadcasters have a legal duty to operate according to the “public interest, convenience, and necessity.” This standard, the basis for laws against broadcast ... (read more)