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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)

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

Barbara Esbin - November 06, 2009
Matthew Lasar asks the $64,000 question on Ars Technica: “Did Congress really give the FCC power to protect the Net?” The answer, as I have ... (read more)

James G. Lakely and Maureen Martin - November 05, 2009
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on November 4 filed a federal antitrust suit against Intel, the leading manufacturer of microchips. The suit ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - November 02, 2009
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 - October 23, 2009
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)

Gregory W. Meeks - October 16, 2009
Six dozen House Democrats sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Oct. 15, 2009, urging the agency "to carefully consider the full range ... (read more)

James G. Lakely - October 20, 2009
Advocates of imposing "network neutrality" say it's necessary to ensure a "free" and "open" Internet and rescue the public ... (read more)

Communications Workers of America - October 15, 2009
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)

Edited by James G. Lakely - November 01, 2009
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)

Thomas Cheplick - November 01, 2009
As trustbusters in Washington direct their attention to the technology industry, the crown on the head of Silicon Valley’s biggest company appears ... (read more)

Phil Britt - November 01, 2009
The targeting of Internet advertising based on an individual’s browsing behavior has come under increasing attack by privacy advocates who argue practices ... (read more)



WHAT'S NEW: Telecom

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)

A federal court has thrown out a Federal Communications Commission rule limiting any cable company to controlling no more than 30 percent of the national ... (read more)

A Los Angeles, California suburb nestled in a valley of high-density sprawl has applied for a share of the $7.4 billion in federal broadband stimulus funds ... (read more)

The Governors Highway Safety Association has reversed its long-held position on texting and driving and now wants every state to ban the activity—while ... (read more)

Residents of Longmont, Colorado in November will vote on a ballot question asking whether the city should get into the business of providing fiber-optic ... (read more)

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