The Federal Communications Commission’s Universal Service Fund funding model is “unsustainable.” So argues economist Jim Prieger in a white paper for DPI examining eight different models for funding the Fund. Relying on the optimal taxation literature, he explains: The status quo is horrendously inefficient, with consumers bearing an excess burden of $2.1 billion, or about […]| Digital Progress Institute
In the Delete, Delete, Delete proceeding, the FCC has asked the public to identify unnecessary regulations that deter investment, innovation, and efficiency in the communications space. In these comments, DPI explains to the Commission the five tasks it must tackle if it is to accelerate the IP Transition: ending TDM interconnection mandates, terminating the intercarrier […]| Digital Progress Institute