Business & Economics
Business & Economics
Scottsdale Loses Its Municipal Wi-Fi Network
Info Tech & Telecom News (The Heartland Institute), July 1, 2008 The provision of citywide wireless Internet service in Scottsdale, Arizona has come to an abrupt end a mere two years after launch. Wildfire Broadband, the primary Internet service provider (ISP), has closed its doors, leaving business and individual users ...
Business & Economics
Texas and Tort Lawsuits
The American Justice Partnership and Pacific Research Institute’s U.S. Tort Liability Index for 2006 acknowledges the positive economic results of lawsuit reform in Texas. Texas became known as the world’s courtroom, when the state’s judicial system was inflicted with frivolous lawsuits and exorbitant jury awards, during the 1980’s. But the ...
Business & Economics
Wisconsin County Is Optimistic About Non-Subsidized Wireless
Racine County, Wisconsin is less than a year away from full countywide wireless coverage, according to its own estimates projecting implementation by April 2009. The county has partnered with nationwide Internet service provider (ISP) eVergent Technologies and Milwaukee-based Midwest Fiber Networks. Racine County is sparsely populated, which has historically led ...
Business & Economics
Senate Hearing on Net Neutrality Raises New Piracy Concerns
The role of piracy in the net neutrality debate roiled a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on May 6. Lawmakers of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet entertained arguments regarding Chairman Ed Markey’s bill (HR 5353) that would establish net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) governing ...
Agriculture
More tort changes needed
More tort changes needed I applaud the Press-Register’s editorial on the substantial negative impact Alabama’s poor tort environment has on the state economy (“Alabama needs to flee ‘tort purgatory’,” June 24). Despite recent legislative reforms of the tort system, Alabama still has a long way to go. The Pacific Research ...
Business & Economics
Budget Expert, Tax Watchdog Sound Caution Over Lottery Plan
Lawrence McQuillan, director of business and economic studies at the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute, said California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) plan to borrow money against the state lottery “is like a bridge to take us from where we are today to what we hope will be better economic times ...
Business & Economics
Digital TV Mandate Is Proving Costly for American Consumers, Business
The Congressionally mandated switchover to digital TV is proving costly to both consumers and the industry, analysts say. The taxpayer-funded program to provide subsidies to TV owners for the switchover, the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program, allots every U.S. household two coupons towards the purchase of the boxes, which are required ...
Business & Economics
New Orleans Will Shutter its Muni Wi-Fi
New Orleans has lost its municipal wi-fi system as its primary provider, Earthlink, decided to exit the sector altogether. The city government chose not to take over the system, which ceased operations effective May 18. City officials have not responded to requests to explain their decision, but the ongoing challenges ...
Business & Economics
Competitor’s Court Challenge Could Raise Intel Chip Prices
Info Tech & Telecom News (Heartland Institute), July 1, 2008 Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has accused Intel Corporation of paying and pressuring large computer manufacturers not to purchase AMD chips. AMD, based in Sunnyvale, California, claims Intel is marketing its computer chips to manufacturers at below-cost prices to ...
Business & Economics
Google Wants FCC to Force Open Access Rules on Verizon
Leading Web search provider Google has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny communications services provider Verizon the C-block spectrum it won at auction unless Verizon provides assurances it will comply with Google’s interpretation of open access provisions. The petition, filed May 2, cited Verizon’s “two ...
Scottsdale Loses Its Municipal Wi-Fi Network
Info Tech & Telecom News (The Heartland Institute), July 1, 2008 The provision of citywide wireless Internet service in Scottsdale, Arizona has come to an abrupt end a mere two years after launch. Wildfire Broadband, the primary Internet service provider (ISP), has closed its doors, leaving business and individual users ...
Texas and Tort Lawsuits
The American Justice Partnership and Pacific Research Institute’s U.S. Tort Liability Index for 2006 acknowledges the positive economic results of lawsuit reform in Texas. Texas became known as the world’s courtroom, when the state’s judicial system was inflicted with frivolous lawsuits and exorbitant jury awards, during the 1980’s. But the ...
Wisconsin County Is Optimistic About Non-Subsidized Wireless
Racine County, Wisconsin is less than a year away from full countywide wireless coverage, according to its own estimates projecting implementation by April 2009. The county has partnered with nationwide Internet service provider (ISP) eVergent Technologies and Milwaukee-based Midwest Fiber Networks. Racine County is sparsely populated, which has historically led ...
Senate Hearing on Net Neutrality Raises New Piracy Concerns
The role of piracy in the net neutrality debate roiled a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on May 6. Lawmakers of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet entertained arguments regarding Chairman Ed Markey’s bill (HR 5353) that would establish net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) governing ...
More tort changes needed
More tort changes needed I applaud the Press-Register’s editorial on the substantial negative impact Alabama’s poor tort environment has on the state economy (“Alabama needs to flee ‘tort purgatory’,” June 24). Despite recent legislative reforms of the tort system, Alabama still has a long way to go. The Pacific Research ...
Budget Expert, Tax Watchdog Sound Caution Over Lottery Plan
Lawrence McQuillan, director of business and economic studies at the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute, said California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R) plan to borrow money against the state lottery “is like a bridge to take us from where we are today to what we hope will be better economic times ...
Digital TV Mandate Is Proving Costly for American Consumers, Business
The Congressionally mandated switchover to digital TV is proving costly to both consumers and the industry, analysts say. The taxpayer-funded program to provide subsidies to TV owners for the switchover, the Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Program, allots every U.S. household two coupons towards the purchase of the boxes, which are required ...
New Orleans Will Shutter its Muni Wi-Fi
New Orleans has lost its municipal wi-fi system as its primary provider, Earthlink, decided to exit the sector altogether. The city government chose not to take over the system, which ceased operations effective May 18. City officials have not responded to requests to explain their decision, but the ongoing challenges ...
Competitor’s Court Challenge Could Raise Intel Chip Prices
Info Tech & Telecom News (Heartland Institute), July 1, 2008 Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has accused Intel Corporation of paying and pressuring large computer manufacturers not to purchase AMD chips. AMD, based in Sunnyvale, California, claims Intel is marketing its computer chips to manufacturers at below-cost prices to ...
Google Wants FCC to Force Open Access Rules on Verizon
Leading Web search provider Google has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny communications services provider Verizon the C-block spectrum it won at auction unless Verizon provides assurances it will comply with Google’s interpretation of open access provisions. The petition, filed May 2, cited Verizon’s “two ...
