Brett Frischmann

A second draft op ed, below the fold
Read More »An Infrastructure Bank / Governance Commission (By Brett Frischmann and Robin Chase)

A draft op ed, below the fold
Read More »Infrastructure as destiny (By Brett Frischmann and Robin Chase)

So a little over a month ago, Robin Chase and I put together two op eds on infrastructure policy. Neither… Read More »Infrastructure op eds

Rob Frieden has posted an interesting and provocative paper, Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics: Developing a Clearer Assessment of Market Penetration and Broadband Competition in the United States. It is well worth a read and is bound to spark a debate. Among other things, it challenges the FCC’s misuse of statistical evidence to support a deregulatory agenda, compares a number of different assessments of U.S. broadband markets, and emphasizes the need to look carefully at the actual markets for broadband services, which requires much better data than the FCC currently relies on. The abstract is below the fold. Read More »Is broadband Internet access in the US “robustly competitive”?

Susan Crawford and Kevin Werbach will head the Federal Communications Commission transition team.