Not often does a single academic paper become a material issue when a major communications policy is adopted or reviewed by courts. But that seems to be the case for an analysis of capital investment levels written by George Ford, chief economist at the Phoenix Center.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is about to hear a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s 2018 Restoring Internet Freedom Order. The court review may turn on the FCC’s use of Ford’s analysis of the impact of Title II common carrier regulation on U.S. internet service provider capital investment.
Ford's analysis and the latest defense of his findings on capital investment in the wake of the common carrier classification seem once again to be a part of the policy review.
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