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Recent Press Reports on ACI’s Hill Event


There have been a number of news reports about ACI’s recent Capitol Hill Event, notably:
The Hill at http://thehill.com/hillicon-valley/605-technology/68555-essays-expound-flaws-of-net-neutrality, as well as reports in Comm Daily and TR Reports.

ACI Releases a Book, Holds a Capitol Hill Event: The Evidence on Net Neutrality


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November 19, 2009 
                                          
                                                                                                                           
The American Consumer Institute Releases New Book on the Consequences of Net Neutrality

Authors Express Concerns at a Capitol Hill Briefing
 
WASHINGTON – The American Consumer Institute today hosted a panel discussion and debate entitled, “The Evidence on Net Neutrality” and released a new book, “The Consequences of Net Neutrality Regulations [...]

American Consumer Institute Releases Study Finding No Difference in Consumer Electronics Prices between Wal-Mart and Best Buy; Study Calls for Wal-Mart to Improve On-Shelf Labeling to Ensure Shoppers Can Make Educated Comparisons of Consumer Electronics


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Washington, DC (November 10, 2009) – Shoppers’ perception that Wal-Mart is the lowest-priced retailer for consumer electronics goods is incorrect, according to a new study, released today, by the American Consumer Institute (ACI).
 
The study’s findings are particularly significant considering that according to the Consumer Electronics Association, the [...]

FCC Chief Economists Asks Other Economists To Speak Up With Their Ideas; and Dr. Larry Darby’s Replies


On October 27, the FCC’s Chief Economist asked for economists to “educate” the FCC on economics, in a posting on http://blog.openinternet.gov/?p=133.  He concluded: “Economists: This is your opportunity to educate me and the Commission.  Am I thinking about our task in a productive way?  What other economic issues should be on my list?”
Today, Dr. Larry Darby, [...]

Remarks of Dr. Larry F. Darby — “How Cozy is the Broadband Duopoly?”


Remarks of Dr. Larry F. Darby
How “Cozy” is the BB Duopoly?
PFF Congressional Seminar:
“Broadband Competition: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
Delivered on June 12, 2009
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Thank you.
· I want summarize some results of our ongoing work, from a consumer welfare perspective, What kinds of tests for market failure should suffice to warrant imposition of [...]

CWA Economist Debbie Goldman Presents at ACI’s Broadband Briefing on Capitol Hill


Online Survey: Internet Consumers Want Lower Prices and Better Reliability, Security and Privacy


Much of the quest for developing a nationwide broadband plan has centered on ubiquitous deployment and online speeds, some arguing for speeds well over 100 mbps.  Other policy wonks have argued that we need more competitors and still others want lower prices.  In response to one Internet Service Provider’s (ISP) attempt to slowdown bandwidth hogs [...]

The American Consumer Institute Outlines Ten Issues that the FCC Must Address in its Net Neutrality Rulemaking Proceeding


Washington, DC – The American Consumer Institute today released a letter from Senior Fellow Dr. Larry F. Darby to Ms. Sharon Gillett, Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau.  The letter set forth ten discrete sets of issues germane to the Commission’s impending Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Matter of Net Neutrality.  The letter was [...]

ACI’s Letter to the FCC Regarding Concerns With Internet Regulations


October 13, 2009
Ms. Sharon Gillett, Chief
Wireline Competition Bureau
445 12th St., SW
Washington, DC 20554
Regarding the Pending Net Neutrality NPRM
Dear Ms. Gillett:
This letter is motivated in large part by Chairman Genachowski’s recent announcement of his intention to launch a rulemaking to strengthen and extend the Commission’s Net Neutrality principles. Its purpose is to raise some issues and [...]

FCC Workshop Participants Offer Little Support for the Commission’s Intentions to Impose Internet Regulations


Last weeks FCC workshop was focused on economic issues in broadband competition . The Commission invited academic experts and senior competition policy officials from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice to address one of the foundations of the FCC’s clear intention to impose a variety of new regulations on broadband network and [...]