PAST EVENT
Monday, November 09, 2009
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
Broadband and wireless technologies are key elements of our nation’s economic, social and civic development. With the Federal Communications Commission’s stated goals of bringing broadband access to all Americans, it is crucial to determine how to be innovative when investing in broadband infrastructure. On November 9, the Brookings Institution hosted a policy forum to examine this issue and to discuss ways to overcome barriers to developing this infrastructure. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Darrell M. West, September 21, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced his plan to expand “net neutrality” rules for Internet providers. The chairman advocated an anti-discrimination rule that would prevent Internet providers from blocking or slowing the utilization of competing services, and a transparency rule that would require providers disclose how they manage traffic, writes Darrell West. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Manasi Deshpande and Douglas W. Elmendorf, July 25, 2008, Hamilton Project Strategy Paper
Infrastructure investment has received more attention in recent years because of increased delays from road and air congestion, high-profile infrastructure failures, and rising concerns about energy security and climate change. Manasi Deshpande and Doug Elmendorf discuss a strategy for America to increase investment in physical and telecommunications infrastructure to spur a more prosperous economy. Read More
VIDEO
Robert W. Crandall and Martha Raddatz, April 16, 2008
Few industries remain subject to classic economic regulation in the United States. Senior Fellow Robert Crandall says the next president should help remove some of the controls left on these industries in order to help promote economic expansion.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Hal J. Singer and Robert W. Crandall, July 11, 2007, The Wall Street Journal
Robert Crandall and Hal Singer argue that, eventually, either the FCC or the courts will realize that regulating competitive telecommunications networks for the benefit of select content providers is not in the interest of American consumers. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, February 28, 2007, Opportunity 08
Since the 1970s, deregulation has succeeded in increasing overall economic welfare and sharply reducing prices, generally by about 30 percent, for transportation—including air travel, rail transportation, and trucking—and for natural gas and telecommunications. Few industries remain subject to classic economic regulation in the United States. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert Hahn and Robert E. Litan, November 01, 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper
Robert Litan and Robert Hahn examine the Internet industry today, especially in light of the current "network neutrality" debate, and conclude that further regulation of the Internet is not warranted at this point in time. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert E. Litan and Robert Hahn, March 15, 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center
In this statement, a group of economists make the following recommendations to improve the competitive provision of broadband services. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert E. Litan, November 18, 2005, The Brookings Institution
Robert Litan writes that the FCC-approved mergers of AT&T and SBC, and MCI and Verizon are a profound reshaping of the large companies that provide communications services. But, while these mergers certainly merit a watchful eye by antitrust authorities and regulators, the new facts in telecomm should significantly ease concerns that the mergers are anti-competitive. Read More
BOOK
Robert W. Crandall, April 15, 2005
In Competition and Chaos, Robert W. Crandall analyzes the impact of the 1996 Telecommunications Act on economic welfare in the United States and how the act and its antecedents affected the major telecommunications providers. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, March 15, 2005, AEI-Brookings Joint Center
Robert W. Crandall reviews the telecommunication regulatory debate with a merger proposal from the two largest companies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, December 14, 2004, AEI-Brookings Joint-Center
In his presentation, Robert W. Crandall argues that regulators should be required to "open up" the local market through mandated unbundling, allowing entrants an entry toe-hold on the way to facilities-based competition. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, Robert Hahn, Robert E. Litan and Scott Wallsten, December 01, 2004, Milken Institute Review
Robert W. Crandall, Robert W. Hahn, Robert E. Litan, and Scott Wallsten examine whether there is a need to regulate Voice over Internet Protocol. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
February 15, 2001, AEI-Brookings Joint Center
Brookings economists and others encourage the Federal Communications Commission to advance the public interest by eliminating barriers to the productive use of radio spectrum. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Robert W. Crandall, March 15, 1999, AEI-Brookings Joint Center
Robert W. Crandall writes about the dangers that are now apparent in the "deregulation" of telecommunications. Read More