Recent Events
- Tax Simplification: What can the U.K. and U.S. learn from each other?
- The Spectrum Crunch: Causes and Solutions
- Combating Online Piracy: The Role of Voluntary Industry Initiatives
- Technology Policy Institute Aspen Forum
- The Effect of File Sharing on Music and Movie Sales: Reviewing the Research
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May 16, 2012
Event - The Future of Internet Economics
Event - The Future of Internet Economics
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
June 15, 2012
7th Floor
Knight Conference Center
Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington DC
Internet data traffic growth shows no signs of slowing anytime soon and peak traffic is projected to grow even faster due to many factors, including growth in video and cloud-based services and richer content on major websites. The changing nature of demand for bandwidth has potentially large implications for our communications landscape. For example, it may already be straining long-standing peering and transit agreements as traditional balances of traffic change and is increasingly testing the viability of the traditional “all-you-can-eat” broadband pricing models.
"The Future of Internet Economics" will highlight existing research on the economics of broadband and will address such topics as how changing bandwidth consumption patterns could impact future business models, how such changes could affect content creation, and what role, if any, the government should play as the industry grapples with these changes.
Speakers will be announced soon. Registration can be performed on the TPI website. Questions should be directed to Ashley Creel at acreel@techpolicyinstitute.org. Members of the press should contact Amy Smorodin at asmorodin@techpolicyinstitute.org.
The Technology Policy Institute
The Technology Policy Institute is a non-profit research and educational organization that focuses on the economics of innovation, technological change, and related regulation in the United States and around the world. More information is available at http://www.techpolicyinstitute.org/.
Blog
- Where do vendors to cable think the industry is heading? Evidence from 2013 Cable Show data
- Unleashing the Potential of Mobile Broadband: What Julius Missed
- Life on the Dark Side of Network Effects: Why I Ditched My Windows Phone
- Unintended—But Not Necessarily Bad—Consequences of the 700 MHz Open Access Provisions
Recent Publications
- Is Obamaphone Good for the Poor? Maybe Not., by Scott J. Wallsten and John Mayo, The Hill, May 23, 2013
- The Real Benefits of Gigabit Networks Have Nothing to do with Speed, by Scott J. Wallsten, May 20, 2013
- Streaming Poses Ultimate Catch-22, by Thomas M. Lenard, Politico, May 15, 2013
- Comments to ICANN on Government Advisory Committee Beijing Communique, by Thomas M. Lenard, May 14, 2013
- The Spectrum Crunch, MSS Spectrum and LightSquared, by Thomas M. Lenard and Lawrence White, April 30, 2013