tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:56:17 +0000Chevron doctrinetelecommunications policywireless resalestrategyconvergencecompetitioncost allocationprivacyconscious parallelismlong distance telephone serviceinformation appliancesAppleneutral conduitInternet pricingunmetered servicegreedy carrierspremature deregulationtelecom fraudsAll You Can Eat pricingWinning the Silicon Sweepstakessafe harborbroadband statisticslax regulatory enforcementWorldcomrateslong tail marketscapacity swapsprotecting childrenhuman interfaceantitrusttraffic shapingcable television retransmission consentnetwork managementCMRS competition reports to Congressconsumer protectionover the top contentthe lack of competition in telecommunicaitons marketsVoIPresalemarket penetrationacademic entreprenuerismWall Street Journal does not get itbenchmarkinginternational broadband comparisonswireless competitonstatisticslock-intextingexclusive program access contractshandset subsidiesala carte accessregulatory arbitragemergersempiricial policymakingspecial accesseliminating the middlemanmeteringuniversal serviceVerizon Wirelessnext generation networkseconomic modelswireless CarterfoneRob Frieden publicationsnetwork outagesWTOTitle IInetwork neutralitybroadband ratesacquisitionsNational Broadband PlanNGN developmentincentive creationFirst Amendmentpedestalsdivestiturespectrum auctionsissue framingTitle I ancillary jurisdictionre-regulationFCCproductivityNew America Foundationcontent regulationglobal best practicesinformation serviceslack of competitionwhite spacescloud computingduty to dealaccess pricingdumb pipespeeringwireless VoIPtelecommunications conferencesFCC jurisdictionwireless data roamingsubscription agreementsGoogledigital televisionLevel 3wireless duopolyinternational telecommunicationsindecencyU.S. competitivenessmergers and acquisitonsInternet telephonyComcastsubmarine cableswirelesstelephonywireless videofederal preemptiontelecommunicationsfree ridersATT TMobile mergercable televisionGoogle Voicebottleneckstaxationdata miningbetter than best efforts routingpeak pricingjudicial reviewdigital literacy700 MHz spectrum auctionCRTCnetwork neutrality. Washingtonprice elasticityWSJ Does Not Get ItDRMregulatory failureCarterfonesponsored researchpolitical economyaccess chargesFCC data collectionthe futureISPsCarterfone 700 MHz spectrum auctionIntelsathandset exclusivityuniversal service fundinglesser developed countriesVerizon Awful Customer Servicedigital conversionspectrum managementbillingIPRregulationThird Way regulation of Internet accessOSI protocol stackelectronic commercetransparencylayered regulationdata plansCALM ActTelecommunications Act of 1996value propositionIRUslobbyingrights of wayjournalismsatellitewhat academics dowireless freedomdata roamingfeesNetflixhandset freedomprivatizationmobile appsDisinformationregulatory reformderegulationinformation servicewireless network neutralitysnarkinessbroadband competitionTELRICconsultingpeer reviewIPTVpeering disputesuniversal service reformdisintermediationregulatory statusinterconnectionICT developmentbroadband developmentPacific Telecommunications Councilmiddle mileInternetregularoty reformwireless competitionpoliticswalled gardensbroadbandpartisanshipcommon carriageprice squeezeOpen Interneteconomicspredatory pricingunbundlingimputationdemand elasticityleveraged buyoutstelecommunications serviceATT Mobile mergercommon carriere-commerceA provocative, unsponsored assessment of current legal, regulatory, marketplace, and cultural issues affecting telecommunications and information policy presented by Rob Frieden, Pioneers Chair and Professor of Telecommunications and Law, Penn State Universityhttp://telefrieden.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)Blogger207125Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-5370396363960007610Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:15:00 +00002012-01-08T15:25:45.857-05:00CALM Actderegulationre-regulation            In 2010 Congress enacted and the President signed into law the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act whose requirements become enforceable now.  CALM reverses the FCC’s deregulation of commercial volume resulting in ever louder ads.  Broadcasters, cable television operators and satellite broadcasters must ensure that commercials and program content sound the same.http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2012/01/lessons-from-deregulation-and-re.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=H8DBj6MbsrY:tMhafx-ur_c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=H8DBj6MbsrY:tMhafx-ur_c:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=H8DBj6MbsrY:tMhafx-ur_c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img 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wireless carriers previously could insert special bill line items, then why not use holiday distraction to inject another revenue “http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-still-phone-company-cont.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=9xifTlg7PoI:axbd0OVemWA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=9xifTlg7PoI:axbd0OVemWA:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=9xifTlg7PoI:axbd0OVemWA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=9xifTlg7PoI:axbd0OVemWA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=9xifTlg7PoI:axbd0OVemWA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img 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http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/12/swinging-for-fence-or-hitting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=c4DJlC0zifw:zN0RD-r4I4Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=c4DJlC0zifw:zN0RD-r4I4Q:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=c4DJlC0zifw:zN0RD-r4I4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=c4DJlC0zifw:zN0RD-r4I4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=c4DJlC0zifw:zN0RD-r4I4Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=c4DJlC0zifw:zN0RD-r4I4Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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These carriers, their trade association and sponsored researchers are very adept at reminding us how scale can translate into a win/win situation for the carrier and its consumers.  I readily acknowledge that if you have a super-size demand for wireless http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/12/few-would-dispute-that-spectrum-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=-RrLkkKyzRA:s9dxIret4G8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=-RrLkkKyzRA:s9dxIret4G8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=-RrLkkKyzRA:s9dxIret4G8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=-RrLkkKyzRA:s9dxIret4G8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/-RrLkkKyzRA" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-3781454696988814912Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:14:00 +00002011-12-18T12:14:48.708-05:00Verizon Awful Customer Service            In the no good deed goes unpunished, consider this classic phone company hassle.                        I’m currently in Norfolk, Virginia to check in on my ailing Mom.  I also checked her phone bill and noticed she was paying for a bogus $2.49 broadband modem maintenance fee and $5 more than a bundled local phone plus broadband rate.  So I called Verizon.             First I learned http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/12/its-still-phone-companyverizon-cuts-off.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=aUVTqFJxhRA:QJV21yjUjyw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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+00002011-12-08T09:23:22.923-05:00wireless competition            Perhaps you share my frustration when wireless carriers and their sponsored researchers tell us how benevolent they are: tirelessly competing to enhance the value proposition for consumers.             Really?  Corporations seek to maximize profits and enhance shareholder value.  That is what they are supposed to do, plain and simple.             Consider wireless carriers’ position http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/12/wireless-carriers-ambivalence-toward-wi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=NFVo8Pf4HkI:RDp-i8pDXdg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=NFVo8Pf4HkI:RDp-i8pDXdg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a 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average revenue per user (“ARPU”) returns in the world. “Verizon Wireless, NTT DOCOMO, AT&T, Softbank and KDDI reported highest wireless data revenues among other global top 10.”  B.P. Tawari, Beyond 4G Blog Site, New Report : http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-can-us-wireless-carriers-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=qtM2IE_UtEo:STLl_jlR9J0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/qtM2IE_UtEo" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-6457984313014802479Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:27:00 +00002011-11-30T09:04:08.991-05:00ATT TMobile mergerwireless duopolywireless competitionantitrustRecently Cox Communications announced its departure from the wireless telecommunications.  Similarly some speculate whether T-Mobile can survive if its merger with AT&T does not happen.  What does it mean when an incumbent carrier exits a market, with doubts about the ongoing viability of one of the Big Four national carriers? There are too many carriers and a market shake out must reduce http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/11/wireless-duopoly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=ovuDtsMnO7s:4Ky0v_3KOtg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/ovuDtsMnO7s" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-3380163442893917593Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:22:00 +00002011-11-24T09:22:03.652-05:00digital literacyThe Nov. 21-27, 2011 edition of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly inserts the word bytes for bits in not one, but two articles (on Indian and U.S. broadband).  Big mistake: bytes typically measure downloaded and uploaded content/file size, e.g., a 2 megabyte movie trailer; bits measure transmission speed, e.g., 2 megabits per second.  Using both concepts: broadband subscribers want a fast bit http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/11/businessweek-cant-distinguish-bits-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=4sEJpT8DVKc:7gF1-O9wC1c:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/4sEJpT8DVKc" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-6092845079714435894Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:15:00 +00002011-11-23T17:15:49.509-05:00cable television retransmission consentpeering disputesFCC jurisdictioninterconnectionHere's a work in progress that considers the middle ground in the network neutrality debate: Do Conduit Neutrality Mandates Promote or Hinder Trust in Internet-Mediated Transactions?. The abstract for the paper: As the Internet evolves and matures, Internet Service Providers (“ISPs”) have begun to create increasingly diversified business models for serving downstream end users and upstream http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-reading-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=_qroCAL9hH4:AdUuICgU988:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=_qroCAL9hH4:AdUuICgU988:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=_qroCAL9hH4:AdUuICgU988:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=_qroCAL9hH4:AdUuICgU988:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=_qroCAL9hH4:AdUuICgU988:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=_qroCAL9hH4:AdUuICgU988:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=_qroCAL9hH4:AdUuICgU988:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/_qroCAL9hH4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-928664459440776830Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:10:00 +00002011-11-23T17:11:10.653-05:00over the top contentIPTVIn the event you tire of television and run out of written material have I got something for you.  Here's a short piece on IPTV entitled The Opportunities and Threats from Next Generation Television: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1954779 Here's the abstract: The combination of digitization, converging technologies and new business plans has diversified the terms, conditionshttp://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-reading-part-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=feMp1tWGu_A:6D-VgCmT464:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=feMp1tWGu_A:6D-VgCmT464:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=feMp1tWGu_A:6D-VgCmT464:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=feMp1tWGu_A:6D-VgCmT464:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=feMp1tWGu_A:6D-VgCmT464:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=feMp1tWGu_A:6D-VgCmT464:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=feMp1tWGu_A:6D-VgCmT464:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/feMp1tWGu_A" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-7577531955396124284Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:55:00 +00002011-11-02T10:55:51.294-04:00academic entreprenuerism            Sorry for the lack of blog entries.  So much to do, despite the general impression that academics lead a cushy life. In the last few weeks I’ve finalized a number of upcoming presentations, articles and teaching materials.  I got to serve as a moderator for a high powered panel on Smarter Lives presented at the International Telecommunication Union’s World Telecom  Forum even in http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/11/being-busy-academic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=LUXliQ0W8vw:xCiNBgV6G30:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=LUXliQ0W8vw:xCiNBgV6G30:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=LUXliQ0W8vw:xCiNBgV6G30:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=LUXliQ0W8vw:xCiNBgV6G30:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=LUXliQ0W8vw:xCiNBgV6G30:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=LUXliQ0W8vw:xCiNBgV6G30:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=LUXliQ0W8vw:xCiNBgV6G30:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/LUXliQ0W8vw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-3433677338594434644Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:48:00 +00002011-09-13T17:28:57.974-04:00sponsored researchnetwork neutrality           Opponents of network Neutrality allege that imposing such regulation will result in lost jobs and value.  An example of losses is evidenced by the fact that when the FCC imposed open access requirements for reallocated, choice 700 MHz spectrum this segment generated less than half the proceeds (measured on a per capita, per MegaHertz) basis than other blocs lacking the open access http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/09/fair-estimate-of-network-neutrality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=KvqqEC0FUP4:JPdMSLV6eV0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=KvqqEC0FUP4:JPdMSLV6eV0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=KvqqEC0FUP4:JPdMSLV6eV0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=KvqqEC0FUP4:JPdMSLV6eV0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=KvqqEC0FUP4:JPdMSLV6eV0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=KvqqEC0FUP4:JPdMSLV6eV0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=KvqqEC0FUP4:JPdMSLV6eV0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/KvqqEC0FUP4" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-7496515063529440064Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:10:00 +00002011-09-12T15:10:01.737-04:00wireless resale             The conventional wisdom of most facilities-based carriers is that resellers wrongly extract revenues, particularly if government mandates the transaction.  Incumbent carriers complained long and hard about having to unbundle their network and lease capacity to Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (“CLECs”).  Incumbents convinced courts and the FCC that CLECs would never wean http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/09/are-resellers-competitive-saviors-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/HT6VgnsCkfw" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-133407755108617876Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:45:00 +00002011-08-31T10:45:13.587-04:00academic entreprenuerismATT TMobile mergerconsulting             While perhaps few in number, professors like me execute on their capitalist beliefs.  I am glad to augment my sparse teaching salary with consulting work.  Just as corporations seek to enhance shareholder value I will maximize my rents, particularly for distasteful work such as serving as an expert witness for a case that should never reach a court room.            But unlike many http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/08/academic-entrepreneurism-and-rent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=Dh0jTmsHv2o:N8Adokisdgw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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+00002011-08-22T15:48:16.472-04:00unmetered servicewireless competitiontexting             With AT&T’s elimination of moderate texting options, e.g., 1000 a month for $10, one either pays an extortionate 20 cents a text, or joins the buffet crowd with all you can eat pricing of $20 a month, $30 for up to five lines.  So in the U.S. the same wireless carrier offers one of the world’s highest texting rates at the very same time at it offers “best in class” pricing.  It http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/08/buffets-and-texting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=Mm7Hd3JSRcI:mW4S4p98H94:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=Mm7Hd3JSRcI:mW4S4p98H94:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a 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http://www.homemediamagazine.com/redbox/redbox-expands-higher-dvd-rental-pricing-tests-24784.             What this tells me is that Netflix provides a price floor for movie rentals.  When Netflix raising the floor, ventures offering a http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/08/synchronized-rates-increases-in-dvd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=v5Oacm5KpSE:A288YWu-cWw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=v5Oacm5KpSE:A288YWu-cWw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=v5Oacm5KpSE:A288YWu-cWw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=v5Oacm5KpSE:A288YWu-cWw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a 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when there was one phone companyhttp://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/08/george-will-vilifies-liberals-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=kzXo5-eq7Gs:CvuSMnH3q78:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=kzXo5-eq7Gs:CvuSMnH3q78:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=kzXo5-eq7Gs:CvuSMnH3q78:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=kzXo5-eq7Gs:CvuSMnH3q78:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=kzXo5-eq7Gs:CvuSMnH3q78:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=kzXo5-eq7Gs:CvuSMnH3q78:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=kzXo5-eq7Gs:CvuSMnH3q78:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/kzXo5-eq7Gs" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-3231328026391089149Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:33:00 +00002011-07-22T14:33:24.229-04:00what academics dosponsored research            One of the true joys available to academics is having the time to stay current on the literature.  Particularly during the summer I read many law review articles, FCC and court decisions, books and sponsored research.  I’m rethinking the wisdom in devoting time to separate the plausible from absolute falsity in sponsored research.  I get so agitated and motivated to fire up a rebuttalhttp://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/07/academics-blessing-and-curse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)1<div class="feedflare"> <a 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telefrieden/~4/qzriUQ80Eso" height="1" width="1"/>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8518538516094111151.post-3201783075345708036Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:00:00 +00002011-07-21T19:13:54.646-04:00wireless competitionsponsored research           It has become a largely unquestioned “fact” that U.S. wireless consumers enjoy remarkably low per minute costs rivaling what the poor in Africa and Southeast Asia pay.  Sponsored researchers recently chided the FCC for failing to state unequivocally how effectively competitive the U.S. wireless market is, largely by reciting the low cost mantra, counting carriers and heralding evidencehttp://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/07/wireless-cost-per-minute-and-consumer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=CJhaS0WtX28:ZFN8OGiONHk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a 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+00002011-07-19T15:44:13.833-04:00the lack of competition in telecommunicaitons marketswireless           Advocates for deregulation often use a simple measure as the primary basis for claiming a particular marketplace operates competitively.  They count the number of operators, both facilities-based and resellers.  So if there are four wireless carriers in most of America, it stands to reason that the market operates competitively, right?            In reality, we need a little more than http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/07/number-counting-as-measurement-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=lpU6SQ037Go:m_vehnx4_cg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=lpU6SQ037Go:m_vehnx4_cg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a 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motivated carriers come up short, largely because interconnection means more than the physical joining of lines.  Interconnection in commercial aviation requires affiliated airlines to use the same software, or athttp://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/07/interconnection-incentivesthe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=8yjZ3r8Pky0:iVHB99TfJLw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=8yjZ3r8Pky0:iVHB99TfJLw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=8yjZ3r8Pky0:iVHB99TfJLw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=8yjZ3r8Pky0:iVHB99TfJLw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a 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fair.            On its face metered service http://telefrieden.blogspot.com/2011/07/busy-hour-peak-and-every-other-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rob Frieden)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=aNr-de-3j3M:IxIt98Ls8Hg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=aNr-de-3j3M:IxIt98Ls8Hg:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=aNr-de-3j3M:IxIt98Ls8Hg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=aNr-de-3j3M:IxIt98Ls8Hg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?a=aNr-de-3j3M:IxIt98Ls8Hg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Telefrieden?i=aNr-de-3j3M:IxIt98Ls8Hg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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