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2008
Testimony of George S. Ford, PhD
Chief Economist
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Before the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Meeting on Network Neutrality and Broadband Network Management
Stanford University (April 17, 2008)
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Using Auction Results to Forecast the Impact of Wireless Carterfone Regulation on Wireless Networks, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 20 (Second Edition) (May 2008)..
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Welfare Impacts of Broadband Network Management: Can Broadband Service Providers be Trusted? PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 32 (March 2008).
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2007
United States Department of Commerce releases Phoenix Center study entitled: A Valley of Death in the Innovation Sequence: An Economic Investigation.
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2007 ANNUAL REPORT (pdf file)
Cesar V. Conda & Lawrence J. Spiwak, Kevin Martin’s Pro-Market FCC, National Review On-Line (27 November 2007).
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Demographic and Economic Drivers of Broadband Adoption in the United States, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 31 (November 2007).
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Phoenix Center to hold an Interactive Breakfast Workshop at 2007 NARUC Annual Convention The State Broadband Performance Index: Is Your State Meeting Expectations for Broadband Penetration?
Monday, November 12, 2007 • 7:30 – 9:00 am
Suite 315 (Palms Tower, 3rd Floor) • Anaheim Marriott
Full Invitation [pdf]
George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, An Economic
Approach to Evaluating a National Wireless Regulatory Framework, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 19 (October 2007).
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Phoenix
Center Resident Scholar Thomas M. Koutsky re-appointed to chair the North
American Numbering Council.
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International Telecommunication Union puts PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER
No. 21, Competition After Unbundling: Entry, Industry Structure and
Convergence on its recommended reading list for the 2009 World Telecommunication
Policy Forum.
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Impact
of Video Service Regulation on the Construction of Broadband Networks
to Low-Income Households, 3 I/S: A JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY FOR
THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 13 (2007).
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Quantifying
the Cost of Substandard Patents: Some Preliminary Evidence, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 30 (September 2007).
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THE ECONOMIST magazine profiles the Phoenix Center’s “Broadband
Performance Index”.
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FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell cites the Phoenix Center’s research
in a WALL STREET JOURNAL op-ed.
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Broadband
Performance Index: A Policy-Relevant Method of Comparing Broadband Adoption
Among Countries, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 29 (July 2007).
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Hon. Seth Hammett, Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, names
Phoenix Center Chief Economist George S. Ford to Alabama House Interim
Committee to Study Broadband Internet Access.
Invitation Letter [pdf]
About the Committee [pdf]
Testimony of George S. Ford, PhD
Chief Economist
Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public
Policy Studies
Before the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subcommittee Telecommunications and the Internet
Hearing on H.R. ___
A Discussion Draft Addressing Broadband Mapping and Data Collection
May 17, 2007
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Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Separating Politics from
Policy in FCC Merger Reviews: A Basic Legal Primer of the “Public
Interest” Standard, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 18 (Second
Release, May 2007).
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George
S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Wireless
Net Neutrality: From Carterfone to Cable Boxes, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY BULLETIN No. 17 (April 2007).
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Lawrence
J. Spiwak, Wiring America, The Hill (April 24, 2007).
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Testimony of George S. Ford, PhD
Chief Economist
Phoenix Center for Advanced
Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Before the House Committee on Commerce and Energy - Subcommittee on Telecommunications
and the Internet
Hearing on “Digital Future of the United States: Part IV: Broadband Lessons
from Abroad”
April 24, 2007
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George S. Ford, Thomas
M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Competition
After Unbundling: Entry, Industry Structure and Convergence, 59
Federal Communications Law Journal 331 (2007).
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T. Randolph Beard, Ph.D, George S. Ford, Ph.D. Thomas M. Koutsky, Esq.,
Lawrence J. Spiwak, Esq., Network Neutrality and Industry Structure,
29 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal 149 (2007).
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T. Randolph Beard, George S. Ford, and Thomas M. Koutsky, A La Carte
And “Family Tiers” as a Response to a Market Defect in the
Multichannel Video Programming Market, 15 Commlaw Conspectus 31 (2007).
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Phoenix Center 2006 Annual Report
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George S. Ford,
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PERSPECTIVE No. 07-01, University
of Florida Study Shows Only Winners from Network Neutrality Regulation to
be Content Providers, Consumers Lose (March 14, 2007)
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Network
Neutrality and Foreclosing Market Exchange: A Transaction Cost Analysis,
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 28 (March 2007)
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Final Slides from Phoenix Center and Georgetown University’s Center
for Business and Public Policy Capitol Hill Inter-Active Workshop:
Sound Internet Policy for the 21st Century: Understanding the Economic
Fundamentals
- Professor John Mayo – Professor of Economics, Business and Public Policy Georgetown University [ppt]
- Dr. George Ford – Chief Economist, The Phoenix Center [ppt]
George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Tort Liability
for Software Developers: A Law & Economics Perspective, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 27 (January 2007)
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Consumer
Welfare Cost of Cable “Build-out” Rules, PHOENIX CENTER
POLICY PAPER No. 22 (Third Release, January 2007).
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2006
Lawrence J. Spiwak, Franchise Reform: A No-Brainer,
WASHINGTON TIMES (22 December 2006).
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Phoenix Center 2006 Symposium Presentations and Pictures
Final Slides
Phoenix Center Breakfast Workshop at 2006 NARUC Annual Meeting
A Primer on Competitive Bidding for Universal Service
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Phoenix Center to Hold Breakfast Workshop at NARUC Annual Meeting:
A Primer on Universal Service Auctions
Monday, November 13, 2006 • 7:30 – 9:30 am
Triton Room (Third Level) • Loews Miami Beach Hotel
Full Information [pdf] [doc]
ADDENDUM: PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 23, Franchising and the
Digital Divide — The Maryland Experience.
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Senator Mel Martinez cites Phoenix Center research on the floor of the
U.S. Senate in support of the Communications Act of 2006 (HR 5252).
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George S. Ford, An Investigation into the Influence of Retail Gas
Prices on Oil Company Profits, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 26
(August 2006).
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Phoenix Center to Hold an Inter-Active Breakfast Workshop at the 2006
NARUC Summer Meeting: Network Neutrality and its Unintended Consequences
Monday, July 31, 2006 • 8:30 – 10:00 am
Sierra Room J (5th Floor) • San Francisco Marriott Invitation.
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The Phoenix Center to Hold an Inter-Active Lunch Workshop on Capitol Hill: Network
Neutrality and its Unintended Consequences
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 • 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Dirksen Senate Office Building • Room 562 Invitation.
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Burden
of Network Neutrality Mandates on Rural Broadband Deployment, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 25 (July 2006).
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A Response to Dr. Roycroft (Redux) (July 2006).
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Trevor Roycroft, Network Neutrality, Product Differentiation, and
Social Welfare: Response to Phoenix Center’s Reply (June 2006).
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Lawrence Spiwak, How to Turn a Fast Lane into a Slow Lane, CNET
NEWS.COM (20 June 2006).
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Chairman Fred Upton cites Phoenix Center research on the floor of the
U.S. House of Representatives in support of COPE Act.
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Senator John McCain cites Phoenix Center research on the floor of the
U.S. Senate in support of CHOICE Act.
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Phoenix Center “one pager” on Network Neutrality prepared
for the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee.
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Efficiency
Risk of Network Neutrality Rules, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN
No. 16 (May 2006).
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Trevor R. Roycroft, PhD, Roycroft Consulting White Paper, Network
Neutrality, Product Differentiation, and Social Welfare: A Response to
Phoenix Center Policy Paper No. 24 (3 May 2006).
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Network Neutrality and Scale Economies: A Response to Dr. Roycroft (May
2006).
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Thomas M. Koutsky, Rules Cripple Cable Competition, ST. PETERSBURG
TIMES (22 April 2006).
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Testimony of Phoenix Center Resident Scholar Thomas M. Koutsky before
the Pennsylvania House Majority Policy Committee (18 April 2006).
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Network
Neutrality and Industry Structure, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No.
24 (April 2006).
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Economics
of Build-Out Rules in Cable Television, 28 HASTINGS COMMUNICATIONS
AND ENTERTAINMENT LAW JOURNAL 207 (2006).
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23 March 2006 Testimony of Phoenix Center Resident Scholar Thomas Koutsky before the Florida House Committee on Utilities and Telecommunications:
George S. Ford and Thomas M. Koutsky, A La Carte and “Family Tiers” as a Response to a Market Defect in the Multichannel Video Programming Market, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 14 (February 2006).[pdf file]
George S. Ford and Thomas M. Koutsky, “In Delay There Is No
Plenty”: The Consumer Welfare Cost of Franchise Reform Delay,
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 13 (January 2006).
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Phoenix Center President Lawrence J. Spiwak debates Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) in the ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER on the merits of FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s inquiry into the feasibility of a la carte cable pricing. Mr. Spiwak supports the Chairman’s inquiry; Congresswoman Sanchez does not.
- Mr. Spiwak’s commentary in support of Chairman Martin’s inquiry [pdf file]
- Congresswoman Sanchez’s commentary opposing Chairman Martin’s inquiry [pdf file]
2005
Phoenix Center holds its Fifth Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium. For conference
materials and pictures of the event, please click here.
Phoenix Center holds its Second Annual State Educational Retreat. For conference materials and pictures of the event, please click here.
George S. Ford and Thomas M. Koutsky, Franchise Fee Revenues After
Video Competition: The “Competition Dividend” for Local Governments,
Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 12 (November 2005).
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Phoenix Center to Hold Inter-Active Breakfast Briefing on Monday, November
15th at the NARUC Annual Convention, Palm Springs California. Click here
for Agenda and RSVP Instructions.
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Impact
of Video Service Regulation on the Construction of Broadband Networks
to Low-Income Households, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 23 (September
2005).
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George S. Ford, Thomas M. Koutsky and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Competition
After Unbundling: Entry, Industry Structure and Convergence, PHOENIX
CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 21 (July 2005).
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Phoenix Center Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee “One-Pager” Briefing: Blocking
VoIP Calls: Foreboding Harbinger or Benign Fluke? (18 April 2005).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Outside view: The case for Ryan-Sununu, UNITED
PRESS INTERNATIONAL and reprinted in the WASHINGTON TIMES (12 April 2005).
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U.S. Telecoms 2004 Anuual Symposium.
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Phoenix Center 2004 Annual Report.
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2004
Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Internet’s Biggest Foe, CNET.com (15 December 2004)[pdf file]
Lawrence J. Spiwak, Telecom Tussle: Panel Should Probe Landscape,
THE OKLAHOMAN (12 December 2004).
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T. Randolph Beard, George S. Ford and Lawrence J. Spiwak, Quantity-Discount
Contracts as a Barrier to Entry, PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 20
(November 2004). [pdf file]
PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES No. 04-05: George S. Ford, You’re Not Impaired Because You Are Impaired (10 November 2004). [pdf file]
PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES No. 04-04: Lawrence J. Spiwak, The Creeping Tide of the Gathering Storm (10 November 2004). [pdf file]
Conference Material, 2004 State Regulator Retreat.
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 19: The Positive Effects of Unbundling
on Broadband Deployment, (September 2004).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Interim Rules Buck Telecom Act, LEGAL TIMES
(30 August 2004).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Outside View: Bush Lacking Broadband, UNITED
PRESS INTERNATIONAL (7 August 2004).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Net Neutrality: Now More than Ever, CNET NEWS.COM
(27 July 2004).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, Bad Tech Advice for the President, CNET NEWS.COM
(8 July 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES No. 04-03: Lawrence J. Spiwak, A Little
Intellectual Honesty Please… (15 June 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 11: Higher Prices Expected from
the Cingular/AT&T Wireless Merger (26 May 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES No. 04-02: George S. Ford, The Public’s
Network? (13 May 2004).
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SBC “cease and desist” letter claiming intellectual property
infringement over the Phoenix Center’s use of the descriptive phrase “all-distance”/all
you can eat” competition in POLICY BULLETIN No. 8, The $10 Billion
Benefit of Unbundling: Consumer Surplus Gains from Competitive Pricing
Innovations.
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PHOENIX CENTER PERSPECTIVES No. 04-01: Lawrence J. Spiwak, Remembering
What the Fight is About (26 April 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 10: Fixed-Mobile “Intermodal” Competition
in Telecommunications: Fact or Fiction?, (30 March 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 9: Federalism in Telecommunications
Regulation: Effectiveness and Accuracy of State Commission Implementation
of TELRIC in Local Telecoms Markets (9 March 2004).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 8: The $10 Billion Benefit of Unbundling:
Consumer Surplus Gains from Competitive Pricing Innovations (27 January
2004).
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2003
Phoenix Center 2003 Annual Report[pdf file]
Phoenix Center's 2003 Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium
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House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Delivers the Keynote Address at the Phoenix Center’s 2003 Annual U.S. Telecoms Symposium (click here for full text).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 7: The Positive Effects of Competition on Employment in the Telecommunications Industry (15 October 2003).
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- Comments of Robert W. Crandall and Hal J. Singer [pdf file]
- A Response to Drs. Crandall and Singer [pdf file]
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 6: UNE-P Drives Bell Investment - A Synthesis Model (17 September 2003)
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- Comments of Drs. Thomas Hazlett (the Manhattan Institute), Arthur Havenner
(Univ. California - Davis), and Coleman Bazelon (HHB I)
[pdf file] - R. Carter Hill Comments
[pdf file] - Further Comments of Drs. Thomas Hazlett (the Manhattan Institute),
Arthur Havenner (Univ. California - Davis), and Coleman Bazelon (Analysis
Group) (HHB II)
[pdf file] - A Response to Drs. Hazlett, Havenner and Bazelon
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 18, Set It and Forget It? Market Power and the Consequences of Premature Deregulation in Telecommunications Markets (July 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 5: Competition and Bell Company Investment in Telecommunications Plant: The Effects of UNE-P (Originally released 9 July 2003 and updated 17 September 2003).
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- Hazlett, Havenner and Bazelon Comments
[pdf file] - R. Carter Hill Comments
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- Response: PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 6: UNE-P Drives Bell Investment
- A Synthesis Model (17 September 2003)
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 3: The Broadband Loophole - Is Symmetrical Regulation in the Face of Asymmetrical Market Power Good Public Policy ? (19 March 2003).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 2: Telecommunications Stocks and the FCC's Triennial Review (11 March 2003).
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Phoenix Center holds National Press Club Roundtable on the impact of telecoms competition on U.S. small businesses and entrepreneurs. (Click here for program and transcript of this event.)
2002
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY BULLETIN No. 1: In their Own Words (17 December 2002).[pdf file]
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 17: Bell Companies as Profitable Wholesale Firms: The Financial Implications of UNE-P (November 2002). [pdf file]
PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 16: What Determines Wholesale Prices for Network Elements in Telephony? An Econometric Evaluation (September 2002).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 15: A Fox in the Hen House: An Evaluation of Bell Company Proposals to Eliminate their Monopoly Position in Local Telecommunications Markets (September 2002).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 14: Make or Buy? Unbundled Elements as Substitutes for Competitive Facilities in the Local Exchange Network (September 2002).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 13; The Telecoms Twilight Zone: Navigating the Legal Morass Among the Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit, and the Federal Communications Commission (August 2002).
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Lawrence J. Spiwak, COMMUNICATIONS WEEK INTERNATIONAL, Opinion: US Competition Policy -- The Four Horsemen of the Broadband Apocalypse (01 April 2002).
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PHOENIX CENTER POLICY PAPER No. 12: Why ADCo? Why Now? An Economic
Exploration into the Future Industry Structure for the "Last Mile" in
Local Telecommunications Markets.
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