American Enterprise Institute
Daniel Lyons | Biden’s infrastructure plan: Implications for broadband (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 04/01/2021 - 06:46Extending US leadership on 5G: Shane Tews' conversation with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 03/31/2021 - 06:01Bronwyn Howell | Satellite internet and broadband infrastructure competition: Coming (soon) to a rural area near you (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 03/19/2021 - 11:33Daniel Lyons | Blackouts and broadband: A tale of two crises (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 03/16/2021 - 12:44Daniel Lyons: Two cheers for the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (American Enterprise Institute)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 03/01/2021 - 06:28
FCC asking the wrong questions on Lifeline
In December 2020, in connection with a 2016 mandate to draft a report on the State of the Lifeline Marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau issued a data request asking wireless providers about customer usage and cost information. While the FCC’s newfound interest in data is commendable, the bureau is asking the wrong questions.
A common-sense opportunity to reform the Universal Service Fund
The time is long past for Congress to adopt outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s recommendation: Move the universal service program on-budget, which will shore up its precarious financial state and cure many of the real or perceived problems with the existing program. Some have suggested expanding the revenue base to include broadband access. An alternative proposal floated by state utilities commissioners would have replaced the existing surcharge with a per-number tax on residential lines and a revenue-based tax on commercial telephone revenue.