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To Narrow The Digital Divide, The Fcc Should Not Simply Extend Lifeline To Broadband, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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The Congressional Review Act And The Toxic Politics Of Net Neutrality, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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E-Rulemaking And The Politicization Of The Comment Process, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Revisiting Net Neutrality, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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The Right Way To Protect Privacy Throughout The Internet Ecosystem, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Narrowing The Digital Divide: A Better Broadband Universal Service Program, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

Universal service has long been an integral component of American telecommunications policy. As more activities move online, it becomes increasingly important to narrow the digital divide by helping low-income Americans get online and by extending broadband networks into unserved areas.

Unfortunately, the Federal Communications Commission’s reforms are unlikely to help solve this problem. The Commission is repurposing an $8 billion telephone subsidy program to focus instead on broadband networks. But when pressed, the agency admits that it has no proof that the program meaningfully affected telephone adoption rates, and it offers little evidence that it will fare any better at …

Proposed Arbitration Ban Would Be Bad Law And Bad Policy, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Net Neutrality’S Path To The Supreme Court: Chevron And The “Major Questions” Exception, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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How Should Courts Consider Agency Remarks During The Comment Period?, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Usage-Based Pricing, Zero-Rating, And The Future Of Broadband Innovation, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Title Ii Reclassification Is Rate Regulation, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Regulating Interconnection (Lightly!), Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Assessing The Right To Be Forgotten, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

Beyond Net Neutrality: International Examples Enabling Innovation And Consumer Choice In The Mobile Internet Ecosystem, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

The FCC’s new Open Internet rules seek to limit interference by broadband service providers in markets for Internet-based content and applications. But to do so, the rules may significantly reduce the amount of innovation possible in the broadband service market. An aggressive interpretation of the rules suggests that broadband providers are generally required to offer customers access to all lawful Internet traffic, or none at all. This paper explores the way in which this all-or-nothing homogenization of the American broadband product differs from innovative non-net-neutral practices that are taking root in other countries, particularly in mobile markets. Around the world, …

Innovations In Mobile Broadband Pricing, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Presentation, The Perils Of Internet Interconnection Disclosure, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Cable Merger Is Bigger Than Cable, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Ex Parte Presentation On Net Neutrality To General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Peering Into The Comcast-Netflix Deal, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Panelist, Net Neutrality And The Future Of Internet Access, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Restoring Limits On The Fcc's Ancillary Authority, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Internet Policy’S Next Frontier: Data Caps, Tiered Service Plans, And Usage-Based Broadband Pricing, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

Usage-based pricing has rapidly become one of the most controversial topics in Internet policy. Both wired and wireless broadband providers are migrating from flat-rate pricing to a variety of consumption-based pricing models. Some consumer groups have viewed the change to usage-based pricing with skepticism, fearing it will usher in an era of higher prices, deteriorating service, and increasingly anticompetitive conduct. This article evaluates the merits of data caps, tiered-service plans, and other usage-based pricing strategies. It finds that usage-based broadband pricing is not inherently anti-consumer or anti-competitive. Rather, it reflects a cluster of pricing strategies through which a broadband company …

The Challenge Of Voip To Legacy Federal And State Regulatory Regimes, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Panelist And Participant, "Why The Wires Matter: A Broadband Policy Seminar For A New Generation Of Scholars", Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Internet Pricing: The Next Policy Frontier, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

In the past few years, broadband providers have begun shifting toward tiered service plans (sometimes known as usage-based pricing) that offer customers a fixed amount of data each month for a fee. On average, less than 2 percent of users exceed the most commonly-used tier of 300 GB; nearly 80 percent of consumers never exceed even 50 GB per month. Nevertheless, some critics such as Public Knowledge and the New America Foundation are concerned that this trend may bring higher prices and reduced service. Most recently, NAF analyst Benjamin Lennett asked whether tiered service plans are a plot by cable …

The Impact Of Data Caps And Other Forms Of Usage-Based Pricing For Broadband Access, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

In recent years, broadband providers have introduced data caps and other plans that charge customers based on use. While regulators have generally approved of this shift, some consumer groups fear that usage-based pricing will lead to higher prices and deteriorating service. They also fear data caps allow companies like Comcast to protect their cable businesses from upstarts like Netflix.

This article evaluates the merits of data caps and other usage-based pricing strategies. Usagebased pricing shifts more network costs onto heavier Internet users. This can reduce costs for others and make broadband more accessible to low-income consumers. Usage-based pricing can also …

Why Broadband Pricing Freedom Is Good For Consumers, Daniel A. Lyons

Daniel Lyons

From the introduction: Usage-based pricing has rapidly become one of the most high-profile topics in Internet policy. In the past few years, many broadband providers have migrated from all-you-can-eat flat-rate pricing to consumption-based pricing models such as tiered service plans or data caps. This trend has been most prominent in the wireless sector, where monthly limits were an almost inevitable solution to the surge in bandwidth demand unleashed by the smartphone revolution. Some fixed broadband providers have adopted much larger data caps for residential broadband use as well.

The Internet As The World's Biggest Copy Machine, And How Plaintiff's Bar Seeks To Monetize It, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

On February 23, 2013, Professor Lyons presented at the First Circuit Spring Meeting of the American Bar Association Student Division.

Usage-Based Pricing And Net Neutrality, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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The Impact Of Data Caps And Other Forms Of Usage Based Pricing For Broadband Access, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

No abstract provided.