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Access and innovation policy for the third-generation internet

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  • Bar, François
  • Cohen, Stephen
  • Cowhey, Peter
  • DeLong, Brad
  • Kleeman, Michael
  • Zysman, John

Abstract

The success of the internet in the US fundamentally rests on 30 years of consistent FCC policy which sought to maintain network openness by making key network components available to all, on cost-effective terms, so as to foster competition and innovation. The internet today enters a third phase of its history, when a critical mass of users are about to experience "always-on" high-speed access to the internet from their home. At this crucial time, the FCC may abandon its successful policy and allow owners of the broadband infrastructure to foreclose access to the infrastructure they own. This is, we show, precisely the wrong time for such a reversal. While the current debate is forced by AT&T's acquisition of TCI, its proposed acquisition of MediaOne, and the companies' ties to Excite@Home, this particular matter simply forces us to address the more general issue. What should be the terms of access to emerging network infrastructures when competition exists, but reflects "collective dominance" of a few players? We argue that policy inaction places network innovation in jeopardy and threatens the continuation of successful infrastructure re-invention.

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  • Bar, François & Cohen, Stephen & Cowhey, Peter & DeLong, Brad & Kleeman, Michael & Zysman, John, 2000. "Access and innovation policy for the third-generation internet," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(6-7), pages 489-518, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:24:y:2000:i:6-7:p:489-518
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    1. Taylor C. Boas, 2007. "Conceptualizing Continuity and Change," Journal of Theoretical Politics, , vol. 19(1), pages 33-54, January.
    2. Lamie, R. David & Dickes, Lori A., 2008. "Paralyzed Municipalities: The "Chilling Effect" of Municipal ICT Investments: A Case Study of the Legan and Policy Environment for South Carolina Municipal Investment in Advanced ICT," UCED Working Papers 112892, Clemson University, University Center for Economic Development.
    3. Kenji Kushida, 2015. "The Politics of Commoditization in Global ICT Industries: A Political Economy Explanation of the Rise of Apple, Google, and Industry Disruptors," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 49-67, March.
    4. Kenji Kushida & Jonathan Murray & John Zysman, 2011. "Diffusing the Cloud: Cloud Computing and Implications for Public Policy," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 209-237, September.

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