By Robert Yadon, Ph.D. and Will Drouillard When Congress authorized the Federal Communication Commission’s plan to reallocate up to 120 MHz of radio spectrum in February of last year, wireless carriers were finally able to let out a sigh of relief. With consumer demand for mobile data expected to grow more than 50 percent each [...]

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By Michael Hanley, the Digital Policy Institute The Digital Policy Institute believes that advancing the interests of consumers should be a major, driving force in government policymaking processes aimed at broadband expansion and enhanced connectivity, including wireless. Our 21st Century digital infrastructure can be the conduit for many consumer benefits. As part of our review [...]

Facebook’s security team posted a blog on February 15th stating that sometime last month, its website was hacked.  The perpetrator was not named, if they were even in fact known, but Facebook did state that no sensitive information was stolen.  Even more unsettling was that Facebook mentioned that it was only one of a multitude [...]

By Sarah Herpst Recently, the Digital Policy Institute (DPI) urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take prompt steps that will speed the transition of telecommunications to all-digital, Internet-protocol (IP) systems. To provide the FCC with better direction on how to do so, DPI’s FCC filing, submitted jointly with Kleinhenz & Associates (Kleinhenz), a Cleveland, [...]

Written by: Chelsea Holmes   The Internet, through networks and infrastructure, allow people to communicate and connect all across the world. The problem is that many people across the globe do not have access to these electronic networks.   Here in America, we are struggling with providing broadband access to all Americans. According to the [...]

It comes as no surprise to anyone that we are in an era of extremely fast-paced technological innovation. The National Broadband Plan calls for 100 million U.S. homes to have affordable access to 100Mbps download speeds and 50Mbps upload speeds by 2020.   While this may seem like a lofty goal today, we already have markets with access to speeds up to [...]

From the Director: Dr. Robert Yadon 12-19-12   USTA Calls for Removal of Legacy ILEC Regs Today (12-19-12) the US Telecom Association (USTA) asked the FCC to throw out a key doctrine that determines how telephone companies are regulated.  What they want is to remove the “dominant carrier” regulations that subject the carriers to price cap or rate-of-return regulations, and also [...]

Dr. Robert Yadon, Director Digital Policy Institute   On October 26th, the DPI hosted a webinar on broadband in America.  One panelist, former FCC chief economist Dr. Leslie Marx, now at Duke University, underscored the need for telecom policy to adapt to the realities of the communications industry, with a focus on broadband, and in [...]

By Barry Umansky, J.D., The Digital Policy Institute August 27, 2012   Federal regulators have largely resisted regulatory imposition on the Internet – whether via wireless or wired connections.  And approaching the Internet ecosystem with regulatory restraint has proven to be a prescient strategy.  The exploding digital economy has been a tremendous boon for both [...]