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James G. Lakely - September 11, 2009
If Longmont, Colorado’s city council had its way, failing in the telecommunications industry a decade ago wouldn’t get in the way of failing ... (read more)

Jim Lakely - June 18, 2009
The Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama’s pick for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, ... (read more)

Jim Lakely - June 12, 2009
It is disheartening to see the Louisiana House nearly unanimously approve a tax on Internet access with the specious claim it is necessary to protect “the ... (read more)

Jim Lakely - May 29, 2009
State legislators are desperate for new tax revenue to plug massive deficits without cutting spending. And a confident Democratic Washington, DC now has ... (read more)

John Nothdurft - March 09, 2009
Federal and state Universal Access and Service Funds (UASFs) have become an inefficient and unnecessary use of taxpayer money.The funds’ original ... (read more)

Ryan Krause - July 09, 2008
Since the start of this century, municipalities across the country have proposed and implemented plans to provide their citizens with high-speed Internet ... (read more)

Brian Costin - March 02, 2008
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin recently proposed giving the agency power to mandate a la carte cable pricing, forcing cable companies to offer pricing on a channel-by-channel ... (read more)

Brian Costin - February 28, 2008
In states across the country, some legislators are proposing to increase regulations on wireless communications. Such regulations raise the cost of doing ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - November 10, 2009
Alabama Revenue Commissioner Tim Russell recently called for requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes on goods purchased by the state's residents, ... (read more)

Ryan Krause - August 07, 2008
For three years, Congress has failed to pass legislation implementing the doctrine of net neutrality. Recently, the FCC's patience ran thin, and the commission ... (read more)

Brian Costin - March 28, 2008
When it comes to property rights and a free market, net neutrality is not "neutral" in any sense of the word. Supporters of net neutrality legislation ... (read more)

 


WHAT'S NEW: Information Technology

James G. Lakely - November 20, 2009
St. Cloud’s city-owned and -operated free wireless broadband service was once touted as a feature that made the central Florida city unique. Now, faced ... (read more)

Federal Trade Commission - November 20, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”) is adopting revised guides concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials ... (read more)

Troy Stouffer - November 20, 2009
As a U.S. senator, Barack Obama cosponsored the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, designed to help Americans track where and how their ... (read more)

Everett Ehrlich, Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Wayne A. Leighton - November 20, 2009
Proposals to increase regulation of mobile wireless services, for example, by applying “net neutrality” regulation, are often based on claims ... (read more)

Consumer Electronics Association - November 19, 2009
The Consumer Electronics Association opposes the California Energy Commission’s mandatory performance-based restrictions on energy consumption [for ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - November 18, 2009
From the "From the Heartland" blog:The Recovery.gov Web site has become a national joke. The Web site taxpayers have paid an astounding $18 million ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - November 17, 2009
Once upon a time, as a candidate, Barack Obama pledged to "restore science to its rightful place" in government. Apparently, by "science," ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - November 12, 2009
The following letter to the editor was published in the Nov. 12, 2009 edition of The Honolulu Advertiser.Your Nov. 4 editorial "An open Internet depends ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - November 09, 2009
The following letter to the editor was published in the Nov. 9, 2009 edition of The Chicago Sun-Times.Your Nov. 3 editorial, "Greed shouldn't slow ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - November 10, 2009
Alabama Revenue Commissioner Tim Russell recently called for requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes on goods purchased by the state's residents, ... (read more)



WHAT'S NEW: Telecom

St. Cloud’s city-owned and -operated free wireless broadband service was once touted as a feature that made the central Florida city unique. Now, faced ... (read more)

The Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Inquiry in GN 09-157 — "Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications ... (read more)

Proposals to increase regulation of mobile wireless services, for example, by applying “net neutrality” regulation, are often based on claims ... (read more)

Your Nov. 3 editorial, "Greed shouldn't slow Internet innovation," is clever, but you do your readers a disservice by absurdly framing net neutrality ... (read more)

The Federal Communications Commission is now accepting public comment about its Notice of Proposed Rule Making to codify net neutrality principles as a ... (read more)

James G. Lakely, co-director of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute's Center on the Digital Economy and managing editor of InfoTech & Telecom News, ... (read more)

The Communications Workers of America submitted the following comment to the Federal Communications Commission in October 2009 in response to the FCC's ... (read more)

Chairman Cohen, Ranking Member Franks and members of the Subcommittee on Administrative and Commercial Law, I appreciate the invitation to testify before ... (read more)

The November issue of InfoTech & Telecom News leads with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement that he will seek to give network neutrality ... (read more)

The Federal Communications Commission announced in late August it will do as Congress asked and launch an investigation of the wireless industry.The FCC ... (read more)

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