Because TELRIC prices are not compensatory in economic terms, ILEC returns will suffer in times of recession and improve during an expansion.

The broadband disaster is not strictly a business matter; its causes and its remedy are, in fact, political.

Releasing the regional Bell monopolies from their obligations under the Telecommunications Act of 1996would kill competition and innovation.

The standard economic view is that unbundled element-based competition is certainly desirable and enhances greatly the performance of our economy.

Today, the residential broadband access business is not so much a market, as it is a race to create a market.

Competition, not monopoly, offers a far better guarantee that new technology reaches all Americans.

James K. Glassman's testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary on June 5, 2001.

Please note the video on the left is of the panel discussions only. A video of David Dorman's address is available here.

Almost nine years have passed since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the first major congressional overhaul of telecommunications law in almost sixty-two...