At the direction of Congress, the Federal Communication Commission requested public comment as the first step in developing a national broadband strategy by February 2010.  To facilitate discussion on this topic, the American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research held a public briefing with the following distinguished panelists:

Dr. Larry F. Darby, Senior Fellow for the American Consumer Institute and former FCC Bureau [...]

1) On Wireless Spectrum, see Heartland at:
http://www.heartland.org:80/publications/infotech%20telecom/article/25408/Senators_Seek_Wireless_Spectrum_Inventory.html
 
2) On Casino Competition and the Economy, see Metro International at:
 http://www.metro.us:80/us/article/2009/05/28/03/3537-85/index.xml
 
3) On Casino Competition and the Economy, see Delaware County Daily Times:
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2009/05/29/business/doc4a1f66ae94357699001179.txt
 
4). Universal service, see Heartland at:
http://www.heartland.org:80/publications/infotech%20telecom/article/25412/Expansion_of_Universal_Service_Fund_Debated.html

On Tuesday, the American Consumer Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institue Co-hosted a Hill Briefing on recent activity on Financial oversight.  With the new administration and the changing economic environment, an expert panel discussed why the case for a federal systemic regulator was stronger than ever.

Considerable attention has in recent years been focused on consumer choice regarding platforms and conditions for accessing various kinds of content via the Internet. The main focus has been on the supply of Internet access networks – cable, wireline telco, satellite, wireless – from which consumers can choose as means to get to the content [...]

April 17, 2009
Senator John F. Kerry
218 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
Dear Chairman Kerry:
You and your colleagues will very likely soon receive a petition from members of Free Press urging you to launch “an investigation of Time Warner Cable’s plans to impose an unfair penalty against Internet users.” The correspondence will be motivated in substantial [...]

April 17, 2009
 
 
Congressman Rick Boucher
 2187 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
 
 
Dear Chairman Boucher:
 
            You and your colleagues will very likely soon receive a petition from members of Free Press urging you to launch “an investigation of Time Warner Cable’s plans to impose an unfair penalty against Internet users.”  The correspondence will be motivated in substantial [...]

This investigative report finds that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) may be overcharging insurance companies who pass these costs along to consumers in the form of higher prices.  State laws require companies to electronically file financial and rate information with the NAIC, who set filing fees without state approval or review.  Effectively, states have given away their [...]

Dr. Joseph P. Fuhr, “Why Biosimilars Will Have a Smaller Competitive Edge Than Generics,” presented at CBI’s Second Annual Summit on Biosimilars and Follow-on biologics, Baltimore, based on an article coauthored by Dr. Erwin A. Blackstone and published in the Journal of Health Care Finance, Winter 2008, pp. 84-95. Slides available.
Steve Pociask, “Why Solvency Matters,” Property [...]

Internet consumers continue to express high concerns about online threats such as viruses, spam, and identity theft, according to a survey by the American Consumer Institute (ACI), though the level of concern was somewhat lower than expressed in last year’s survey.
Topping the list, 63% of consumers saying they were “very concerned” with identity theft, followed [...]