Some Simple Analytics of Vertically Linked Markets. Net Neutrality Special Issue Blog #9
Olga Ukhaneva
One of the most contentious aspects of net neutrality is the degree to which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should be able to vertically integrate with content providers. The concern is that a vertically integrated firm could prioritize…
Piecemeal Lifeline Reform Efforts Unlikely to Fix Its High Costs
Olga Ukhaneva
Lost among the outrage over the FCC’s largely inconsequential decision to revoke Lifeline Broadband Provider status from nine carriers is the problem of the program’s economic costs. The FCC’s own…
Testimony and Filings
Comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission on Lifeline and Link-Up Reform and Modernization
Scott Wallsten, John Mayo and Olga Ukhaneva
The reforms to the Lifeline program proposed by the Federal Communications Commissions are advertised as necessary because broadband access has become a more important communications tool than simple voice service. But…
