Monthly Archives: March 2011

Wholesale Broadband Price Regulation in the UK

In some cases, the wholesale price could fall by more than 10% per year. Continue reading

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What to Do With MPI’s Surplus

MPI had an extra $250 million to return to vehicle owners.

I have a modest suggestion Continue reading

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Usage Based Billing Around the World

Start offering some service innovations instead of one-size fits all pricing models. Continue reading

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Guest Post on Regulating ISP’s

Supreme Court to rule if ISP’s should be subject to broadcasting regulations. Continue reading

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Geist on Bell’s New UBB Plan

A necessary but not sufficient action. Continue reading

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Bell’s New UBB Plan

They have now proposed to implement usage-based pricing at the wholesale level. Continue reading

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30 Years of the C-Train: A Rejoinder

I’ve spent a good chunk of the last few months working on a study of Calgary’s light rail transit (C-Train) system, which was released today by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.  I’ve had a long standing interest in LRT systems, … Continue reading

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Netflix on Bandwidth Caps

The real problem points for ISPs are peak usage times – monthly data caps do little to alter the times at which customers use the Internet. Continue reading

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Food Versus Fuel is Passe

Farmers in southern states will be planting cotton in ground where they used to grow corn, soybeans or wheat Continue reading

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Free Market Environmentalism

Common law can protect the environment more effectively and fairly than can congressional statutes and bureaucratic regulations. Continue reading

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False Economy – Tobacco Taxes

Have they conducted a cost-benefit assessment? Continue reading

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McKitrick Opens Can of Whoopass on Earth Hour

Why it’s an ignorant and anti human ritual. Continue reading

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