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The bait and switch of Government Owned Networks
We are all familiar with bait and switch, the deceptive practice where a customer is enticed by one offer and then forced into a higher…
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Crickets: Congressional silence on a new communications act
In what seems to be news to legislators and regulators, the communications marketplace is innovative and dynamic. The platforms used to consume increasingly varied types…
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The FCC snares broadband in web of regulation
In the children’s book Walter’s Wonderful Web, a determined spider builds webs that are too “wibbly-wobbly” to withstand the wind but perseveres until he constructs…
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CEI to Commission: Don’t Shackle E-Commerce with Taxes
Washington, DC, December 14, 1999 – Internet taxes would cause irreparable harm to the New Economy, millions of Internet consumers, and the cause of…
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In the Dark at Sun
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Method to Telecom Merger Madness
The telecommunications world was rocked in October with news of the merger between MCI-WorldCom and Sprint–in dollar terms the largest merger in US history.
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Rush to Tax Could Produce Net Loss
In the great Kurosawa Akira movie, The Seven Samurai, a bandit gang rides to a hillside and looks down on a small village. One…
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Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce
Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce September 14-15, 1999 New York, New York Executive Summary Statement of Frances B. Smith Executive Director, Consumer Alert September 9,…
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Microsoft Trial: The Heat is On
View Full Document as PDF This summer, the heat is on Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson even more than the rest of…