The latest by:
Steve Effros
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05/15/2024
Effros: Destructive Competition
This week may prove to be a turning point in our worship of competition. That’s particularly so as it applies to the internet, “search,” social media, and undergirding it all, the breakneck speed with which “AI” has developed.
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05/08/2024
Effros: Follow the Bouncing Ball?
Part of the challenge of writing this column is my effort to explain what is going on regarding cable, broadband and internet law and policy. But there are times when things get so convoluted that I question whether it’s worth the effort.
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05/01/2024
Effros: Intended Consequences
If we want to continue to promote video diversity more folks are going to have to contribute to the funding. But it was a real thrill to see what we were able to foster.
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04/24/2024
Effros: The Utility of Competition
The underlying theories now being bandied about for either regulating broadband internet access services (BIAS) as a utility or something that should be freely competitive are in major conflict.
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04/17/2024
Effros: Transaction Fees
Create a service, whether an AI-powered “app” or a device that can work with video delivery networks, broadcast and/or broadband streaming. “Teach” it to recognize all the major video providers and learn how to “sign in” and “sign out” of them for the secure user.
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04/10/2024
Effros: Ignore the Noise
You’re going to be inundated shortly with stories about our good old standby “net neutrality.” But the stories are likely to be bathed in hyperbole about what the FCC is likely to do, and then does, when it votes at the end of April to declare “BIAS” (broadband internet access service) a “utility” or “common carrier.”