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Five things about the US Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)

With a $14 billion appropriation from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has enrolled some 18 million households in a short period of time….

Beyond the Pandemic?: Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Telecommunications and the Internet

Abstract from Chapter 9 “Net Neutrality in the USA During COVID-19” by Roslyn Layton and Mark Jamison from the book Beyond the Pandemic?: Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 on Telecommunications…

Fact Check on Analysys Mason’s Claims on Big Tech Investments and Arguments Against Broadband Cost Recovery

Analysys Mason is a respected international consultancy whose reports inform the policymaking process. It has produced a series of reports commissioned by US tech companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon,…

Policy and Regulation in the Transportation Industry

Articles on transportation policy and testimony on freight rail regulation Telecommunications and transportation share important legal and academic pedigrees. The Commerce Clause refers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3…

National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) development of a National Spectrum Strategy (NSS), March 30, 2023

“Spectrum is likely the single most important issue in telecommunications policy and has enormous fiscal and economic implications. Moreover, the merit of market-based allocation of spectrum via competitive auction at…

My academic research – Evidence-based policy research

Research is the systematic investigation into and study of questions to uncover facts and gather information. Policy research attempts to understand, assess, and compare how policies, regulations, and practices may…

Net Neutrality regulation is failing UK consumers, innovators, and investors. It’s time for broadband internet policy that improves consumer welfare, internet innovation, and network investment for the UK

Much is said and written about net neutrality (NN), but many claims are devoid of facts. European countries have had NN regulation for some years. European operators comply with the…

Ofcom Net Neutrality Consultation, January 13, 2023

Ofcom, United Kingdom, January 13, 2023 I applaud Ofcom for its efforts to collect evidence about whether its net neutrality regime is helping consumers and promoting innovation. I provide evidence…

National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Committee on ICT, Broadcasting and Communications. Testimony on the Network Free Ride Prevention Act, November 10, 2022

I have studied the Republic of Korea closely for the last decade as part of an industrial PhD program at Aalborg University’s Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies in…

Reform of the Universal Service Fund (USF) in USA

FCC Reports to Congress on Future of the Universal Service, August 15, 2022 In 2021, Congress asked the Federal Communications Commission to prepare a report on the future of Universal…

Netflix v. SK Broadband. The David and Goliath Battle for Broadband Fair Cost Recovery in South Korea

Around the world operators experience exploding Netflix’s traffic exploding on their networks. They feel powerless to negotiate with Netflix for fair cost recovery, and Netflix demands that operators install its…

Academic Letter in Support of FCC Investigation of the Future of Universal Service, August 15, 2022

Signers: Roslyn Layton, Silvia Elaluf Calderwood, Sally Broughton, Micova Bronwyn Howell, Petrus Potgieter, James Prieger, Joel Thayer/Digital Progress Institute, William Webb In this letter, a group of telecom policy scholars…