Center for the Economics of the Internet

Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites on the Internet and has a large following of users who rely on its information. But the question remains

The federal government is the primary consumer of much of the available radio spectrum.  The Obama Administration, through the Department of Commerce

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In 2010, the Federal Communications Commission promulgated regulations titled "Preserving the Open Internet," which

Former Commissioner and new Hudson Visiting Fellow Robert McDowell's tenure at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was marked by his effort to

America's telecommunications infrastructure relies on many technologies, from analog voice communications over circuit switches to packets of informat

The availability of the Internet depends on the structure and capabilities of underlying telecommunications networks. These networks in turn are influ

Usage-based pricing has rapidly become one of the most controversial topics in Internet policy. Many broadband providers have been migrating from all-

First there was the Defense Department-funded Arpanet project connecting mainframe computers at four American universities in the late 1960s. And then

Reed Hundt, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is coauthor with Blair Levin of a new book, __The Politics of Abundance: How Tec

The Internet has substantially expanded demand for privacy. In addition to long-standing privacy interests for financial records, medical records, edu

Many citizens seem to believe that Congress and state legislatures are corrupt; certainly both are held in low esteem.

The Supreme Court's 2010 deci

How is federal Internet policymaking similar to and different from more traditional approaches to regulatory policy?

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