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Machine generated contents note: 1.The Big Picture -- I.Economic Principles -- A.Network effects and interconnection -- B.Economies of scale and density -- C.Information platforms, monopoly leveraging, and net neutrality -- II.Technological Convergence and Statutory Obsolescence -- 2.Competition Pol...

Contents note continued: IV.Wireline Competition Under the 1996 Act -- A.The 1996 Act's main objectives -- B.The nuts and bolts of the 1996 Act -- A taxonomy of carriers and services -- Interconnection and collocation rights -- Network elements and leasing rights -- Procedures for implementing the l...

Contents note continued: B.Reclaiming spectrum for mobile broadband -- Reclaiming government-held spectrum and options for spectrum sharing -- Reclaiming spectrum from broadcasters -- C.Controversy in the transition -- The 2004 Nextel spectrum-relocation controversy -- Mobile satellite service contr...

Contents note continued: B.Modularity and layering -- C.The logic of the Internet -- D.Killer apps: email and the Web -- E.VoIP -- II.The Internet's Physical Infrastructure -- A.Beginnings -- B.The Internet's Constituent IP Networks -- Access networks/ISPs -- Backbone networks and the basics of peer...

Contents note continued: Background -- The FCC's "nondiscrimination" rule -- The "specialized services" exception, IP video, and data tiers -- Nondiscrimination and paid peering -- C.The economic elements of the net neutrality debate -- Framing the debate -- Market power and residential broadband co...

Contents note continued: D.Intercarrier compensation and VoIP -- E.Tariffs, CLEC access charges, and "traffic pumping" -- F.Intercarrier compensation for mobile and tandem transit providers -- II.The Rise of Bill-and-Keep as the Cornerstone of Intercarrier Compensation Reform -- A.The economic chall...

Contents note continued: II.Federal USF Disbursement Mechanisms -- A.The nuts and bolts of the High Cost Fund (circa 2011) -- B.Wireless ETCs and the rise and fall of the identical-support rule -- C.The Connect America Fund -- III.Federal USF Contribution Mechanisms -- A.The traditional revenue-base...

Contents note continued: III.Efforts to Protect Programming Competition and Diversity through Vertical Regulation of Broadcast Networks and MVPDs -- A.Vertical integration concerns and the finsyn case study -- B.Cable operators, horizontal ownership restrictions, and the program-carriage rules -- Ca...