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 Denmark. The Republic of Korea is the world’s leading broadband nation because it has taken a holistic policy approach to broadband, ensuring incentives to innovate and invest for all parties and is the result of long-term, highly- evolved, and ever-improving policy. Many nations look to the Republic for Korea for inspiration. The Network Free Ride Prevention Act will likely help the Republic for Korea keep its position as the world’s broadband leader. It promises to protect market-based, good faith negotiation for the delivery of internet traffic, a shared responsibility of content applications providers and broadband providers.
Observations of the FCC’s Attempt Regulate Broadband Providers as Common Carriers
In Fall 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet” (SSOI), to classify broadband as a common carrier service under…
Articles from ProMarket at the University of Chicago Stigler Center
Here are my articles from ProMarket at the University of Chicago Stigler Center.
Broadband Fair Share myths – you ain’t seen nothing yet. Just ask Facebook
There is discussion now in policy circles is the notion of “fair share” and “fair contribution” to broadband networks. Let’s just say what everyone knows: nothing in life is fair….
South Korea takes the next step in global broadband leadership with the Network Free Ride Prevention Act
Strand Consult has followed the development of South Korea for more than two decades. In the early 2000s Strand Consult demonstrated how South Korea, not Japan as many believed, made…
A global movement for broadband fair cost recovery is underway. John Strand talks with internet policy experts Roslyn Layton and Petrus Potgieter
Why do you have such a big interest in the way companies charge for traffic on the internet and what you call “fair cost recovery”? CEO John Strand talks with…
Seal The Deal On Verizon-TracFone, Say Public Interest Groups
Public Knowledge, Access Humboldt, the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, the California Center for Rural Policy, and Communications Workers of America withdrew pricing and competition concerns for a proposed…
What’s In The Broadband Component Of The Infrastructure Bill
The Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and awaits passage in the House. Here’s an overview of the broadband portion of the $1 trillion package. What’s in the…
Understanding the 5G vs. Wi-Fi Debate: The Global Push for Unlicensed Spectrum
This report offers an important comparison between 5G and Wi-Fi, two important technology which compete. The FCC declares that 5G and Wi-Fi are complementary technologies, but there is an intense…
Some mobile operators may find it difficult to understand why the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded for innovation in spectrum auctions
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2020 Economics Nobel Prize to Stanford University’s Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of…
You are Not Welcome: An Analysis of Thousands Foreign Technology Companies Blocked by China Since 1996
The media makes blow-by-blow coverage of US restrictions on sensitive technology trade with China, however it rarely covers China’s blockade of entire categories of foreign goods and services for decades….
US Networks Behavior Under Crisis: Reflections on Telecommunications, Transportation and Energy Regulation during COVID-19
This report assesses of network behavior under crisis, tests conventional regulatory wisdom, and draws preliminary conclusions about achieving social goals. Telcom, transport, and energy networks share a common pedigree in…
Strand Consult’s summary of the court case Mozilla v. FCC and what it means for net neutrality regulation in the US, EU and Rest of the World
Last week US courts handed victory to the FCC and light touch internet regulation. Around the world net neutrality is marketed as a consumer-friendly policy, but in reality, it’s a…