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R - detailed descriptions
- Rebooting the Regulatory Operating System: The Computer Industry Turns on the Power
Van Tassel, Joan , Ph.D.
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- Tells the story of an extraordinary industry coming of age, its entrance into the domain of public policy and regulation, and its demand for changes in the way business-as-usual is conducted. This article begins with a description of the core beliefs and practices that are so highly regarded within the information technology (IT) pantheon. It then describes the factors that are propelling the IT companies to action and the fears this creates in traditional analog-based entertainment, consumer electronics, and telecommunications industries. From there, the article details the inter-industry conflicts that have arisen and the actions the information interests are taking to pressure the government and existing industries to meet the needs of digital technologies. Finally, after covering the scorecard of the IT efforts, the piece examines the potential for moving from conflict to collaboration between these groups.
- Recommendations for the Global Information Highway: A Matter of Standards
Krechmer, Ken
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- The author discusses telecom standards and their role in the evolution of the Global Information Highway (GIH). He argues that much remains to be done to create a broad consensus among a variety of telecom standards organizations to further define and move the early vision of the GIH toward reality.
- Regulatory Perspectives on Investment and Innovation in U.S. Telecommunications
Darby, Larry F. , Ph.D.
Fuhr, Joseph P. , Ph.D.
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- The authors report some of the results from a broader review and analysis of the impact of regulation on investment and innovation in the telecom sector. They begin with a discussion of the historic importance of infrastructure development as a goal of telecom policy, and then move to Congress' recent enlargement of that goal in the Telecom Act of 1996. They briefly review the tools available to the FCC for encouraging infrastructure and innovation and what the theoretical and empirical literature has to say about the impact of various forms of regulation on innovation and capital formation. They conclude with the implications for the development of a comprehensive and coherent policy to encourage innovation and investment in infrastructure.
- Rural Telecommunications: From Market Failure to Market Opportunity
Gillis, William , Ph.D.
McLellan, Steve
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- The authors propose principles to achieve universal service goals that will jump-start a competitive industry response to the real market opportunities that exist in rural communities while minimizing taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies.
- The Remaking of the Internet
Evans, Scott
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- The author gives us his perspective of the Internet. Always entertaining, he provides a quick history of the evolution of the Internet, then looks at three emerging trends -- Intranets, digital cash payments, and multimedia content delivery via the Internet -- that have the potential to remake the Internet.
- The Residential Gateway: A New Traffic Cop for the Home
Holliday, Clifford R.
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- The author introduces us to a new concept -- the Residential Gateway -- that is a basic enabler for residential broadband communications networks. He believes that this concept is crucial to the realization of a multiple-provider, competitive residential environment. The Residential Gateway provides an effective solution to multiple incompatible external networks such as twisted copper pair, fiber optics, and coax interfacing with in-home networks and devices such as VCRs, TVs, and PCs.
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