Communications markets have made much progress towards competition
and deregulation in recent years. However, it is increasingly
clear, in the age of the Internet and the digital revolution, that
much more needs to be done, and that new approaches, both at the
Federal Communications Commission and in Congress, will be required
to complete the task. In this volume, the Progress and Freedom
Foundation presents nine papers by communications policy experts
and government policymakers that show how to finish the job of
deregulating communications markets and reforming the FCC. The
Telecommunications Act of 1996 was a landmark piece of legislation
for an industry moving from a monopoly orientation towards
competition, but additional steps are needed to complete the
process of implementing the pro-competitive, deregulatory vision of
the act. Bringing together a group of the caliber represented in
this book makes possible the best recommendations about the exact
nature of those necessary changes. In this volume, the most
difficult and politically-charged hot-button issues involving local
and long distance competition, universal service, spectrum
allocation, program content regulation, and the public interest
doctrine are confronted head-on. As importantly, the authors
recommend specific reform proposals to be considered by the Federal
Communications Commission and Congress. The ideas contained in the
experts' essays were presented and debated at a conference hosted
by The Progress & Freedom Foundation, which was held in
Washington, DC, on December 8, 2000. The Progress & Freedom
Foundation studies the impact of the digital revolution and its
implications for public policy. It conducts research in fields such
as electronic commerce, telecommunications and the impact of the
Internet on government, society and economic growth. It also
studies issues such as the need to reform government regulation,
especially in technology-intensive fields such as medical
innovation, energy and environmental regulation.
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