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2003 Program

    

Sunday, September 21, 2003

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM Sessions

  

 

Broadband Deployment
    

Moderator:  

Brad Ramsey, NARUC
    

Papers:

Promises and False Promises of PowerLine Carrier (PLC) Broadband Communications - A Techno-Economic Analysis
Rahul Tongia, Carnegie Mellon University
    
An Economic Analysis of the Factors that Influence the Deployment of Advanced Telecommunications Services
Eugene Floyd, City University of New York
David Gabel, Queens College
     
International Broadband Deployment:  The Impact of Unbundling
    Martha Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University
    David J. Gabel, Queens College
  
  Towards Technologically and Competitively Neutral Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Infrastructure
    Anupam Banerjee, Carnegie Mellon University
    Marvin Sirbu, Carnegie Mellon University
  

Mass Media

    

Moderator:  

Barbara Esbin, FCC Media Bureau
    
Papers: The Effects of Technological Change on the Quality and Variety of Information Products
David Waterman, Indiana University
    
The Technological Revolution Will Not be Televised:  Canadian Copyright and Internet Transmission
Matt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University
    
Underlying Motivations in the Broadcast Flag Debate
    Allan Friedman, Harvard University
    Roshan Baliga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Deb P. Dasgupta, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Anne Dreyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  
Localism and Media Firms in Smaller Local Markets:  Challenges in the New Media Market Landscape
Jenghoon Lee, Florida State University
Stephen D. McDowell, Florida State University
  

User Studies

    

Moderator:  

Jim McConnaughey, NTIA
    
Papers: Internet Health Resources:  Health searches and email have become more commonplace, but there is room for improvement in searches and overall Internet access
Susannah Fox, PEW Internet & American Life Project
    Deborah Fallows, PEW Internet & American Life Project
    
Old and New Channels:  Traditional Communications Practices with the Development of E-Government
Elena Larsen, PEW Internet & American Life Project
    
  Price Discrimination amid Heterogeneous Switching Costs:  A Competitive Strategy of the Long Distance Telephony Fringe
    Nancy Epling, Indiana University
   

Internet Regulatory Approaches

    

Moderator:  

Marjory Blumenthal
    
Papers: On Copyright's Communications Policy
    Timothy Wu, University of Virginia Law School
    
Virtual Worlds, Real Rules
Caroline Bradley, University of Miami School of Law
    A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law
      
  The Internet:  Still Wide Open and Competitive?
    Eli Noam, Columbia Institute for Tele-Information, Columbia Business School
      

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