Braden Cox serves as Technology Counsel at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. His regulatory policy work lies at the juncture of law and technology relating to e-commerce, intellectual property, and telecommunications.
Braden is the former counsel at Veriprise Wireless, a technology venture based in Atlanta. His law practice has included technology transactional, insurance investment products and civil litigation. Before law school, he was a network administrator at IBM, providing technical support for business and university local area networks.
Braden obtained both his undergraduate finance degree and law degree from the University of Georgia. He is a member of the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Virginia state bars.
He is a regular contributor to the Technology Liberation Front, a weblog dedicated to writing about the over-regulation of the communications, media and high-technology marketplaces, available at http://www.techliberation.com/
Authored by Braden Cox
News
House Committee Releases Plan for Telecom Reform
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FCC Initiates Process to Increase Video Competition
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CEI Congressional Seminar: Tailoring Telecommunications Reform
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Op-Eds/Articles
Competition and the Telecom Marketplace
- By: Braden Cox
Holman Jenkins addresses one of the many sticking points for broadband deployment — cities and localities. Indeed, in today's communications landscape dominated by…
Reform FCC—Limit It!
- By: Braden Cox
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Slicing Telecom the Right Way: Making a Real Market is the Best Cure for Monopoly
Mergers involving SBC and Verizon and a recent Supreme Court decision exempting cable-modem companies from open-access regulation have reignited fears of market domination…
Studies
Airline Deregulation
If the government deregulates the grid and transitions toward a market solution, the benefits of flow deregulation will increase, and costs for air travelers will…
Communications without Commissions
- By: Braden Cox
Full Document Available in PDF U.S. communications is at an important inflection point.
The Viability of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks
- By: Braden Cox
Full Document Available in PDF Ownership of broadband networks by municipalities,…
Citations
Regulatory Comments
Comments to DOT in the matter of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), 67 Fed. Reg. 69366
Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to the Department of State Concerning its Proposed Rulemaking Amending Apartmen
- By: Braden Cox
COMMENTS OF THE COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE CONERNING ITS PROPOSED RULEMAKING AMENDING APARTMENT INFORMATION VENDOR RULES I.D. No. DOS-24-05-00003-P (June…