• Baby Steps on the Road to Wireless Competition

    Chris Riley
    March 30, 2010

    The FCC’s International Bureau recently announced its approval of a license transfer for spectrum currently held by a mobile satellite service operator. The company that will now hold the spectrum license, Harbinger, plans to use portions of it to build a new terrestrial 4G wireless network that would serve a substantial majority of people living in the United States.

  • FCC Broadband Plan: A Mile Wide and Three Inches Deep

    Chris Riley
    March 29, 2010

    After sitting with the FCC's National Broadband Plan for a week, we have a pretty good idea of the good, the bad and the absent.

  • $350 Is the New $175

    Chris Riley
    February 26, 2010

    This week brings the latest in back-and-forth letters between the FCC and the wireless industry. We've written about this before – e.g., here, here, here and here.

  • The Open Internet Is in the Public’s Interest

    Chris Riley
    January 29, 2010

    This is the sixth and final post in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: why open Internet rules are in the public interest.

  • The Gatekeepers’ Discrimination Delusion

    Chris Riley
    January 28, 2010

    This is the fifth in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: business models.

  • Clear and Complete Disclosure, Without Loopholes, Is the Only ‘Reasonable’ Way

    Chris Riley
    January 26, 2010

    This is the fourth in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: disclosure.

  • FCC: Apply the Same Rules to Wired and Wireless Networks

    Chris Riley
    January 25, 2010

    This is the third in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: wireless networks.

  • Market Failure in the Wireless Industry

    Chris Riley
    January 21, 2010

    There are two major signs of market failure in the wireless industry right now: Service quality is often poor, and service price is always excessive. Brand a scarlet letter on AT&T and Verizon, the two biggest incumbents.

  • Clear Standards for Reasonable Network Management

    Chris Riley
    January 20, 2010

    This is the second in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: reasonable network management.

  • A Nondiscriminatory Net: The Right Approach

    Chris Riley
    January 19, 2010

    This is the first in a series of posts by Chris Riley, Free Press Policy Counsel, to summarize the primary policy recommendations made in recent comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in its open Internet proceeding. Today’s topic: nondiscrimination.

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