Research & Commentary - InfoTech & Telecom
John Nothdurft - February 01, 2010
Federal and state universal access and service funds (UASFs) have become an ineffective and outdated use of taxpayer money. These funds, first established ... (read more)
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 - January 25, 2010
The battle royale between Comcast and the Federal Communications Commission over so-called "throttling" of file-sharing activity on Comcast's ... (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 TechnologyEdited by James G. Lakely - March 18, 2010
The April issue of InfoTech & Telecom News reports on Google’s relationship with China, which went sour January 12 when Google traced to Chinese ... (read more)
Phil Britt - March 18, 2010
The resignation of a key figure in the Obama administration’s technology policy team may signal the White House is backing away from its previous ... (read more)
Ben DeGrow - March 19, 2010
Advocates of online education are praising a new national education technology initiative while touting the tremendous capacity of virtual schools to transform ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - March 17, 2010
The long-awaited National Broadband Plan, hot off the presses of the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday, is an impressive document—if one is ... (read more)
Federal Communications Commission - March 16, 2010
What follows is the "preface" to the Federal Communications Commissions' report titled "Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan" ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - March 16, 2010
James G. Lakely, co-director of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute’s Center on the Digital Economy and managing editor of InfoTech & Telecom ... (read more)
Federal Communications Commission - March 15, 2010
Broadband is the great infrastructure challenge of the early 21st century. Like electricity a century ago, broadband is a foundation for economic growth, ... (read more)
Phil Britt - March 13, 2010
The head of the Consumer Electronics Association was not shy about criticizing rising federal budget deficits and sticking up for free markets when given ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - March 05, 2010
A school district in suburban Philadelphia supposedly thought it devised the perfect anti-theft device for its student-issued laptops—until parents ... (read more)
James G. Lakely - March 04, 2010
New York City residents pay the second highest cell phone tax rates in the nation, so high that a member of Congress is determined to prohibit the state ... (read more)
WHAT'S NEW: Telecom
The April issue of InfoTech & Telecom News reports on Google’s relationship with China, which went sour January 12 when Google traced to Chinese ... (read more)
The resignation of a key figure in the Obama administration’s technology policy team may signal the White House is backing away from its previous ... (read more)
The long-awaited National Broadband Plan, hot off the presses of the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday, is an impressive document—if one is ... (read more)
What follows is the "preface" to the Federal Communications Commissions' report titled "Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan" ... (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 ... (read more)
Broadband is the great infrastructure challenge of the early 21st century. Like electricity a century ago, broadband is a foundation for economic growth, ... (read more)
Bartlett Cleland, director of the Center for Technology Freedom at the Institute for Policy Innovation in Lewisville, Texas, says the Universal Service ... (read more)
The Federal Communications Commission is formulating plans to change the Universal Service Fund from supporting just traditional telephone service to also ... (read more)
A school district in suburban Philadelphia supposedly thought it devised the perfect anti-theft device for its student-issued laptops—until parents ... (read more)
New York City residents pay the second highest cell phone tax rates in the nation, so high that a member of Congress is determined to prohibit the state ... (read more)
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