Some advocates are calling for blanket Internet regulations to limit or prohibit Internet providers from differentiating broadband services, developing Internet content and managing network congestion in fear that Internet providers could engage in anticompetitive behaviors, even though these proposed regulations may invariably decrease consumer welfare.  While our system of jurisprudence stresses the presumption of innocence [...]

Has the Search Advertising Market Reached a Tipping Point? 
 
Google, the world’s largest Internet search and search/advertising company, has announced a deal with #2 rival Yahoo!, a move that could lockup over 90% share of search advertising market.  Reacting to the deal, the Department of Justice announced that it will open an investigation.  Part of [...]

The debate over network management practices by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) has been waged for the most part without regard to the impact that potential legislation may have on rural wireless consumers.  The fact is that rural ISPs and their customers are, in important ways, very different from their urban counterparts.  Differences in demographics, network [...]