The Need for Speed: A New Framework for Telecommunications Policy for the 21st Century

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Index 83 Alltel, 51 Antitrust issues: forward-looking rulemaking, 10; litigation and case law, 9–11; mergers, 10–11, 52–55, 68; monopoly protection, 38; “per se” illegality, 34; price fixing, 10, 34, 35; public interest standard, 10–11; rule-of-reason analysis, 10, 34–35, 69; in the telecommunications industry, 9– 11; vertical restraints, 10, 34–35, 69; See also Federal Trade Commission ; Justice, Department of– Antitrust Division Applications (apps), 1, 4, 63 AT&T Inc. (“Ma Bell”): consent decree of, 53; 4G services of, 3, 30, 31; history of, 14, 18, 38; Hush-a-Phone and, 16; relaxation of the exclusivity ban and, 44; T-Mobile and, 55; upgrading of infrastructure by, 26 Bell, Alexander Graham, 14 Bell Mobile (Canada), 32 Broadband industry: access prices, 30; achievable broadband speed, 2–3, 25–26; barriers to development of, 27, 30, 33; broadband penetration, 4–6, 15, 25; competition and, 3, 7–9, 43; costs of, 40, 43; definition of “broad,” 2; definition of “broadband,” 25; fiber-based broadband, 3, 40; investment in broadband structure , 40; as a natural monopoly, 29; networks and, 2; priority delivery and, 35, 68–69; qualityof -service offerings by, 35; recommendations for, 6, 22, 26; reverse auctions, 57; spectrum availability and, 46; stimulating wireless broadband as a superfast pipe to the home, 45–55; subsidization of, 7, 56, 57; superfast broadband , 25; technology of, 6; universal access and, 55–56; wireless versus fixed broadband, 6, 8. See also Digital subscriber line; Federal Communications Commission ; Regulation; Telecommunications industry; Telephone companies and services ; Wireless spectrum Broadband industry–policy principles : broadband deserves special treatment, 28; economic principles , 26; maximizing consumer welfare, 29–34; regulators should embrace ex post, case-by-case review of vertical restraints, 34– 36 Broadband industry–social and economic benefits: benefits in the health care, education, and energy sectors, 12, 28, 64–66; competition and, 6; jobs and economic output, 12, 26–27, 28, 61– 63; maximization of consumer welfare as principle objective, 29–34; productivity growth, 63– 64, 66; speed and, 3–4. See also Economic issues Broadband industry–specific policy reforms: curb FCC merger authority over wireless transactions , 51–54; enable more private returns from investing in fiber networks, 37; limit FCC discretion in spectrum auctions, 69; limit FCC mandate, 11–12; limit FCC role in reviewing secondary market transactions, 68; maximize consumer welfare, 67–71; remove carrier-of-last-resort obligations on legacy networks, 38– 41; revisit the Open Internet Order, 68; stimulate wireless broadband as another superfast pipe to the home, 66. See also Federal Communications Commission Broadband Initiative Program, 56– 57 “Broadband Progress Report” (2010, 2011, 2012), 25 Bureau of Economic Analysis, 62 Cable Act. See Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 Cable infrastructure, upgrading of, 3, 25–26 Cable modem services: competition and, 48; investments in cable infrastructure, 25–26, 29; prices of, 68; provision of voice services by, 38–39 Cable television. See Television Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 (Cable Act), 17, 43 Cable video industry, 20, 30, 36, 38, 69 Canada, 5 Carriage contracts, 17, 43–44 Caves, Kevin, 56–57 Charter Communications, 31 Cisco IBSG (Internet business solutions group), 32 Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, 10 Clearwire, 30 CLECs. See Competing local exchange carriers Coase, Ronald, 11 Columbia Institute for Tele-Information , 39, 62 Comcast Corp., 31 Communications Act of 1934, 52, 53 84 Index Competing local exchange carriers (CLECs), 20, 21 Connect America fund (FCC), 57 Consumer welfare. See Broadband industry–social and economic benefits Copper networks, 2, 38, 40, 78n49 Coursera, 65 Cox TMI Wireless, LLC, 32–33 Crandall, Robert, 61–62 Deloitte LLP, 45, 46 Designated entities, 49 Deutsche Bank, 46 Digital subscriber line (DSL), 21, 25 DirecTV, 43–44 DISH Network, 36, 43–44 DOCSIS 3.0, 3, 25–26 Dotcom boom, 41 DSL. See Digital subscriber line Economic issues: “app economy,” 62–63; competition, 7–9, 17, 32, 50, 67; cost advantage, 30; demand-side externalities, 4; dynamic efficiency, 29; entry costs, 29; FCC and wireless spectrum , 49–51; Gross domestic product (GDP), 5, 46; investment incentives, 29; jobs and employment , 61–63; market forces, 48; merger-related rents, 52; mobile broadband investments, 46; monopoly, 14, 15, 16, 18, 29–30, 38; network externalities, 4, 7, 14; per capita income, 64; price discipline, 32; productivity growth, 63–64, 66; recommendations for broadband policies, 26– 27; rent-seeking activity, 69–70, 71; social costs and...