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James G. Lakely - October 05, 2009
The election of Barack Obama as president ushered in a new era of regulatory zeal in Washington, with both Congress and the Federal Communications Commission ... (
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David Tuerck, Ph.D., Paul Bachman, Steven Titch, and John Rutledge, Ph.D. - May 31, 2007
Communication services today consist of voice, video, and Internet access services delivered over telephone wires, cable TV lines, or wirelessly (via point-to-point ... (
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John Skorburg, James Speta, and Steven Titch - April 04, 2007
Illinois has the opportunity to join a growing number of states that have streamlined the process of competitive entry into cable TV markets by giving the ... (
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Ronald J. Rizzuto, Ph.D. - September 10, 2005
This report documents the financial performance of three municipal communications systems operating in Iowa: Cedar Falls, Muscatine, and Spencer. The author ... (
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Steven Titch - June 20, 2005
This paper compares the financial performance of a municipal fiber-to-the-home system in Bristol, Virginia with projections made by the same consultant ... (
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Joseph L. Bast - October 22, 2004
This analysis, revised and updated to reflect national and local changes during the past two years, finds the case for municipal ownership of broadband ... (
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Joseph L. Bast - November 01, 2002
For the past two years, city officials from the Tri-Cities have been discussing ways to improve telecommunications services – telephone and cable ... (
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David B. Kopel - September 01, 1999
The explosive growth of broadband Internet services for residential users is revolutionizing access to the Internet. This study asks whether, in light of ... (
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