Editor’s Note Articles PARITY RULES: MAPPING REGULATORY TREATMENT OF SIMILAR SERVICES by Sherille Ismail The notion of regulatory parity has greatly impacted the evolution of American communications regulation, but the difficulties associated with applying this standard are frequently under-appreciated by… Read More »Volume 56; 2003-2004 • Issue 3
Editor’s Note Articles WHY THE WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE CONTINUES TO BE RELEVANT TODAY by Kathleen Q. Abernathy This Article by FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy critiques the continued importance of the World Radiocommunication Conference (“WRC”), and its role in international… Read More »Volume 56; 2003-2004 • Issue 2
Editor’s Note Articles TELRIC VS. UNIVERSAL SERVICE: A TAKINGS VIOLATION? by Stuart Buck While the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has had a profound positive impact on many sectors of the communications industry in the United States, local phone companies have… Read More »Volume 56; 2003-2004 • Issue 1
Editor’s Note Articles TELEVISION AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST by Newton N. Minow REVISITING THE VAST WASTELAND by Newton N Minow and Fred H Cate THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON THE PATH FROM THE VAST WASTELAND TO THE… Read More »Volume 55; 2002-2003 • Issue 3
Editor’s Note Articles The Legacy of the Federal Communication Commission’s Computer Inquiries by Robert Cannon The FCC and the computer industry have learned much in the 35 years since the agency first began to regulate computer networks. Safeguards were imposed… Read More »Volume 55; 2002-2003 • Issue 2
Editor’s Note Articles Making and Keeping Regulatory Promises by Warren G. Lavey Multiyear regulatory commitments, or their absence, are an important part of the functioning of the telecommunications services and products industries. In this Article, Warren G. Lavey argues that,… Read More »Volume 55; 2002-2003 • Issue 1
Masthead Editor’s Note Articles An Efficiency Analysis of Contracts for the Provision of Telephone Services to Prisons by Justin Carver As the numbers of prisons and prisoners continue to increase, so does the market for prison services. One of the… Read More »Volume 54; 2001-2002 • Issue 3
Masthead Editor’s Note Articles My View From the Doorstep of FCC Change by Kathleen Q. Abernathy Commissioner Abernathy discusses the five key principles that inform her regulatory philosophy: 1) Congress sets the FCC’s responsibilities in the Communications Act, and the… Read More »Volume 54; 2001-2002 • Issue 2