Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • The Big Picture
    • Economic Principles
    • Convergence
  • Introduction to Wireline Telecommunications
    • A Primer on Wireline Technology
    • Traditional Telephone Rate Regulation
    • Wireline Competition Policy Before 1996
  • Wireline Competition Under the 1996 Act
    • The Objectives
    • The Wireline Competition Provisions
    • UNEs and the “Impairment” Standard
  • Primer on Internet Technology
    • The Basics
    • The Internet’s Physical Infrastructure
  • Monopoly Leveraging Concerns and the Internet
    • The History and Economics of Monpoly Leveraging Concerns in the Internet Marketplace
    • Three Proposals for Addressing Monopoly Leveraging Concerns
  • VoIP and Proposals for “Horizontal” Regulation
    • Introduction to VoIP
    • The Regulatory Treatment of VoIP Services
    • VoIP, “Horizontal” Regulation, and Title I
  • The Spectrum
    • Revolution in the Air
    • The Basics of Traditional Spectrum Regulation
    • Beyond Command-and-Control
  • Mobile Wireless Services
    • The Basics of Cellular Technology
    • The Regulatory Landscape
    • Interoperability Among Wireless Networks
    • Wireless-Wireline Competition and Regulatory Parity Questions
  • Intercarrier Compensation
    • The Crazy-Quilt of Intercarrier Compensation Schemes
    • The Economics of Intercarrier Compensation Reform
    • Intercarrier Compensation Reform and the 1996 Act
  • Universal Service in the Age of Competition
    • The Political and Economic Dynamics of Universal Service
    • Universal Service Funding Mechanisms
    • Universal Service Contribution Mechanisms
    • Universal Service in a Broadband World
  • Competition in the Delivery of Television Programming
    • The Basics of Television Programming Delivery
    • Regulation of Relationships Among Video Distribution Platforms
    • Regulation of Relationships Between TV Programming Producers and Distributors
    • Restrictions on Ownership of Television Broadcast Stations
  • Telecommunications Standards, Technological Transitions, and Digital Television
    • An Overview of Telecommunications Standards
    • The Digital Television Case Study
  • The Future of Telecommunications Policy
    • Digital Juggernaut
    • First Principles of Institutional Reform
    • The FCC in Transition
  • Appendix A: The Pricing of Network Elements
  • Appendix B: Enforcement Mechanisms Under the 1996 Act
  • Statutory Addendum
  • List of Notable Commentaries
  • Table of Authorities
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Glossary of Acronyms