The Political Economy of Cable - "Open Access."

Advocates of "open access" claim that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should be able to use a cable TV system's bandwidth on the same terms offered to ISPs owned by the cable system. On that view, "open access" mitigates a monopoly bottleneck and encourages the growth of broadband. This paper shows that cable operators do enjoy market power, and do seek to leverage a dominant position in video into the broadband access market by allocating too little bandwidth for Internet access. Yet, rather than protect cable operators from cannibalizing their cable TV revenue, this strategy defends against imposition of common carrier regulation, which would allow system capacity to be appropriated by regulators and rival broadband networks. Ironically, the push for "open access" limits Internet access by encouraging this under-allocation of broadband spectrum, and by introducing coordination problems slowing technology deployment. These effects are empirically evident in the competitive superiority of cable's "closed" platform vis-a-vis "open" DSL networks, and in financial market reactions to key regulatory events and mergers in broadband.

Federal and State Regulation of Cable Television: An Analysis of the New FCC Rules

Denna uppsats behandlar projektering av ett småhus i form av framställande av system och konstruktionsritningar som följer Boverkets byggregler. Den innefattar även val av material för utvalda delar av småhuset där hänsyn tagits till väsentliga parametrar. För att framställa godkända ritningar har beräkningar utförts för att kunna bestämma tillräckliga dimensioner på ventilation, värme, sanitet och konstruktion. Slutligen har även en kostnadskalkyl utförts för att analysera totalkostnad och driftskostnader för småhuset. Detta är fördjupningsdelen i ett arbete som också innefattar projektering och dimensionering av ett småhus.

The 30/20 GHz fixed communications systems service demand assessment. Volume 3: Annex

A review of studies forecasting the communication market in the United States is given. The applicability of these forecasts to assessment of demand for the 30/20 GHz fixed communications system is analyzed. Costs for the 30/20 satellite trunking systems are presented and compared with the cost of terrestrial communications

Economic and Political Consequences of the 1996 Telecommunications Act

See Crandall and Hazlett for a more recent analysis. This paper investigates the economic and political consequences of the 1996 Telecommunications Act by examining relevant marketplace data. In key segments of the telephone and cable television industries, the reform appears to be encouraging competition. Interestingly, stock price data indicate that the wave of "mega-mergers" in telecommunications, an unannounced and possibly unanticipated result of the Telecommunications Act, appears to be associated with consumer benefits. These improvements in competitiveness are modest by some standards, but impressive when judged against the results of other legislation with the announced goal of increasing market rivalry (e.g., the 1984 and 1992 Cable Acts). Federal policy makers also appear to be reaping benefits from the Telecommunications Act. The "deregulation"-which very cautiously opened markets, mandating extensive FCC rulemaking in the transition to competition-is associated with a sharp increase in political contributions to federal policymakers from telecommunications firms and executives. This is seen as an intended consequence of the act's major reform: Removing policy jurisdiction from Judge Harold Green's divestiture oversight and placing it in the hands of the Federal Communications Commission, a regulatory agency answerable to Congress.

A cross impact methodology for the assessment of US telecommunications system with application to fiber optics development, volume 1

A cross impact model of the U.S. telecommunications system was developed. It was necessary to prepare forecasts of the major segments of the telecommunications system, such as satellites, telephone, TV, CATV, radio broadcasting, etc. In addition, forecasts were prepared of the traffic generated by a variety of new or expanded services, such as electronic check clearing and point of sale electronic funds transfer. Finally, the interactions among the forecasts were estimated (the cross impact). Both the forecasts and the cross impacts were used as inputs to the cross impact model, which could then be used to stimulate the future growth of the entire U.S. telecommunications system. By varying the inputs, technology changes or policy decisions with regard to any segment of the system could be evaluated in the context of the remainder of the system. To illustrate the operation of the model, a specific study was made of the deployment of fiber optics throughout the telecommunications system

A public communication system

Report: 55, [6] p., digital fileA study of the use of the new communications technology by government to enhance citizen participation and increase program effectiveness.Government of Ontario, Committee on Government Productivity; Institute of Urban Studie

Satellite fixed communications service: A forecast of potential domestic demand through the year 2000. Volume 3: Appendices

Voice applications, data applications, video applications, impacted baseline forecasts, market distribution model, net long haul forecasts, trunking earth station definition and costs, trunking space segment cost, trunking entrance/exit links, trunking network costs and crossover distances with terrestrial tariffs, net addressable forecasts, capacity requirements, improving spectrum utilization, satellite system market development, and the 30/20 net accessible market are considered