Erik Cecil's Blog - Second Mouse*

That's not at all clear. The last sentence ma...

2010-04-27T16:26:51.070-06:00

That's not at all clear. The last sentence makes no sense whatsoever. It isn't a question of "no regulation" or regulation. It's a question of the right regulation.

There is no such thing as "deregulation"...

2010-04-16T07:26:39.744-06:00

There is no such thing as "deregulation" or "free markets". There are only customer-regulated markets and government-regulated markets. Obviously you prefer one or the other if you think one kind of regulation generates better results than the other kind of regulation.

Are we clear? The only possibility of "deregulation" would be if government regulates neutrally, favoring neither customer nor business, and somehow manages to control the customer so that they have no choice of business.

There would still be a role for state regulators i...

2010-04-07T11:57:19.474-06:00

There would still be a role for state regulators if the FCC changed their classification of "broadband." States could concentrate more on enforcing their consumer protection rules and making sure that the infrastructure serving their citizens is sound. These are intensive factual inquiries best done at the state level.

Brian H

If we stay with high level concepts, which is my f...

2009-02-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

If we stay with high level concepts, which is my first goal here, both communications and transportation are methods of communicating. In the U.S. regulatory systems from both find their roots in the Interstate Commerce Act and underlying economic assumptions. Where I see we are trapped in maladaptive regulatory systems, particularly with regard to communications, is that in the cultural conversation that too place between law and technology, we over-focused on the "cost" of building these systems rather than promoting the value of adaptive interconnectivity. I'll write about this more in subsequent posts. Thanks!

Erik:

Would love to hear more on the relati...

2009-02-21T13:01:00.000-07:00