Video Games Thriving During Covid-19, Threatened by Regulation
Even before the global pandemic, video game industry growth was on a tear. It innovates useful technology and creates high-paying jobs. We should be vigilant against uninformed efforts to unnecessarily regulate or restrict its growth and innovation.
The Digital Divide Is Closing (and Free Markets and Capitalism Did It)
It turns out that free-markets work to promote innovation, new products and services, and more competition.
There are More G's On the Way
Plans for “10G” are now underway as the demand for broadband and the need for uninterrupted connectivity continues to grow rapidly.
Did You Miss Data Privacy Day?
We get an awful lot of value in services and products in exchange for sharing some of our very basic data.
Chairman Pai's Proposed Auction Is Law and Good Policy
Perhaps the day will come when a new process could supplant the FCC-led public auction process for re-purposing spectrum. But this aspiration for long-term spectrum policy is not the world we have today.
On Net Neutrality, the Courts Catch Up with Markets
For now, the court decision puts an end to a short and misguided period in the history of internet policy.
C-Band Auction Should be Left to the FCC
An FCC-led public, open and transparent auction process that creates a level playing field for all interested parties will allocate resources efficiently to the parties that value them the most.
Smart Artificial Intelligence Policy
President Trump's artificial intelligence initiative appears to take positive steps in prioritizing and advancing AI efforts while limiting government control and financing.
The Sky Didn't Fall
One year after the FCC’s reversal of the Obama administration’s heavy-handed internet regulations, not only did the sky not fall but investment is up, fiber and wireless are accelerating, and the broadband economy is back on the right track.
Winning the Global Broadband Race
The race is on. The option for the U.S. is to either win or fall behind, ceding the future to our global competitors.