When you think of giant cable companies, do you find yourself wishing they could be bigger? Do you even find yourself thinking of giant cable companies? Whether you do or do not, you might learn something from our discussion with James Speta, who attempts to shows us the middle way on the issues facing broadband internet. Vertical and horizontal integration, bundling, packets, spectrum, and monopoly. We return to the law and policy of the network.

This show’s links:


Jim Speta’s faculty profile and writing
James B. Speta, Supervising Managed Services
Oral Argument Episode 10 with Christina Mulligan, with discussion and links on many of the topics we discuss, including the Comcast-Time Warner merger, net neutrality, Verizon v. FCC, content delivery networks, the Comcast-Netflix deal, pCell technology, and common carrier regulations
Comcast, Press Release about its FCC filing on its proposed merger with Time Warner
Edward Wyatt, Internet Choice Will Be Crucial Battlefield in Big Cable Merger
Edward Wyatt, Senate Panel Expresses Caution on Merger of Cable Giants
Susan Crawford, Comcast Pretends to Be on Your Side
Wikipedia on the Telecommunications Act of 1996
The National Broadband Plan, executive summary
Susan Crawford, The Looming Cable Monopoly
Cecilia Kang, Comcast the little guy? There’s competition everywhere, the company argues
Bae, Beigman, Berry, Honig, Shen, Vohra, and Zhou, Spectrum Markets for Wireless Services
Reed Hastings, Internet Tolls And The Case For Strong Net Neutrality
Jon Brodkin, Netflix says it will pay “tolls” to more ISPs, not just Comcast
Benjamin, Shelnski, Speta, and Weiser, Telecommunications Law and Policy: Third Edition
Special Guest: James Speta.