by Innovation Economy Alliance | Nov 5, 2024 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation
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by Innovation Economy Alliance | Jul 17, 2024 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation
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by Bartlett Cleland | May 10, 2024 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation
As May graduations give way to family summer vacations millions will hit the road to crisscross our sprawling country. Down those same stretches of vacationer crowded highways are millions of utility poles which serve as home to electric, traditional phone and...
by Bartlett Cleland | Mar 7, 2024 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation
Our federal deficit is exploding, and America’s financial house is in disarray. The country’s borrowing costs are at their highest level in over 20 years, and the national debt has surpassed $34 trillion for the first in history. In this environment, implementing...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Dec 18, 2023 | Broadband, Online Speech, Wireless
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by Bartlett Cleland | Sep 8, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post
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by Bartlett Cleland | Sep 8, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, IEI post
Usage based billing (UBB), also referred to as pay as you go, pay-per-unit, or metered pricing, amongst others, is a billing model used across a variety of industries that charges users based on what they actually use instead of a fixed rate that is the same for...
by Bartlett Cleland | Aug 24, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Online Speech, Telecommunications, Wireless
China has garnered much attention given its position as a major economic competitor to the United States, and specifically as a competitor in telecommunications, technology and innovation. The national security implications for the use of Chinese technology have also...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jun 14, 2023 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation
The refrain that very little gets done in Washington is now common, likely because it is so observably true. Issues of importance to the country seem to be perpetuated rather than solved, and often not even addressed. Instead, Congress distracts itself with reality...
by Bartlett Cleland | Dec 15, 2022 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Online Speech, Telecommunications, Wireless
Tomorrow the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) auction authority will expire. Despite its obvious importance, for US global competitiveness and consumers, Congress extended the authority only a couple months when it was about to expireearly this fall. Instead...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Jun 30, 2022 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Testimonies & Filings
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by Innovation Economy Alliance | Jun 30, 2022 | Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Reports & Briefings
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by Innovation Economy Alliance | Oct 19, 2021 | Broadband, Ecosystem
By Scott Wallsten, Tech Policy Institute In June 2021, Consumer Reports (CR) released the results of a nationally representative survey related to broadband use. Figure 1 below shows some interesting results from that survey. On the heels of that survey, CR launched...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Aug 5, 2021 | Broadband, Ecosystem
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, IEI post, Regulation
On Memorial Day the Texas legislature sent Governor Abbott bills to expand broadband in rural and urban areas. The combined legislation would make sensible expansion of broadband faster and easier throughout Texas. So far Abbott has not signed them into law. House...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post
In discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti, Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discusses the current state of broadband infrastructure and explains why enormous new federal spending on broadband is unnecessary and likely harmful. Click Here to Listen to the...
by Bartlett Cleland | Jul 13, 2021 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Online Speech, Regulation, Wireless
While it took a couple months for clarity to replace idle speculation, the Biden administration’s tech and innovation public policy agenda is increasingly clear. The forecast? Government with little chance of free markets. At his recent address to Congress President...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Jul 13, 2021 | Broadband, Competitiveness, IEI post, Regulation
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by Bartlett Cleland | Apr 27, 2021 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Regulation
In discussion with IPI President Tom Giovanetti, Research Fellow Bartlett Cleland discusses the current state of broadband infrastructure and explains why enormous new federal spending on broadband is unnecessary and likely harmful. Click Here to Listen to the...
by Bartlett Cleland | Mar 23, 2021 | Broadband, Ecosystem, IEI post, Reports & Briefings
The broadband industry has invested billions of dollars in covering the country with ever faster, ever more ubiquitous broadband. From one generation of broadband to the next, the country continues to benefit from private industry best serving its customers with new...
by Innovation Economy Alliance | Nov 19, 2020 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Ecosystem, Online Speech, Regulation, Telecommunications, Wireless
On this episode of Policy Gone Viral, James Madison Institute’s Andrea O’Sullivan talks with Bartlett Cleland, Executive Director of the Innovation Economy Institute. Click Here to WATCH the...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 13, 2020 | Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, IEI post, Regulation, Testimonies & Filings
FCC Chairman Pai has included an item on the November 18th meeting agenda to free up a slice of spectrum for public use. No longer will it continue to be hoarded by the federal government and left unused. The spectrum in question is the 5.9 band which has been held...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, Wireless
Earlier this week the Department of Defense concluded the time it allowed for people to submit information regarding the Department’s plan to own and operate a national 5G network. The DoD was seeking guidance on how it could support and develop 5G deployment for...
by Bartlett Cleland | Nov 5, 2020 | Articles, Op-Eds & Blogs, Broadband, Competitiveness, Emerging Technologies, Regulation, Telecommunications, Wireless
Internet access and broadband coverage across the country is one of the many great American success stories of the innovation economy. For the last decade broadband service providers have made major investments, typically ranking as the largest capital-expenditure...
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