近年议题Currentissues.pptVIP

寬帶與頻譜 但最後一招 是政府打官司,強行收回頻譜 (Contentious spectrum proceedings) Government’s ability to reclaim, clear, and re-auction spectrum 即取回,清理,再拍賣 is the ultimate backstop against market failure and is an appropriate tool when a voluntary process stalls entirely. 寬帶與頻譜 如果使用者自願交還頻譜 不用到法院打官司, 可避免延誤多年 要製定更多方法,誘使它們自願交出頻譜 建議方法,包括 現時使用者 可分得部份拍賣所得的金額 向政府部門使用者 徵收頻譜使用費 迫使它們交出閒置的頻譜 重新編配 電視台現時使用的一些優質頻譜 要它們改用別的 寬帶與頻譜 地面電視台的反對聲音較大 它們所持的理由 自行在自由市場出售 可得到全數收入 亦可使用現時一些頻譜 提供新的移動服務,開拓新的業務 而非拱手相讓給新服務提供者 近年議題 Current issues FCC 互聯網政策: 近年議題FCC Internet Policies - current issues 在融合媒體年代,如何規管? 包括如何歸類一些新服務? 要不要規管這些新服務? Regulatory problem in the age of convergence - difficult to classify services -whether to regulate a) Internet telephony (VOIP) b) Webcasting (IPTV) 如何促進互聯網的使用? 包括促進 寬帶使用, 縮小數字鴻溝 How to resolve problems of access a) Promote broadband access b) Bridge digital divide 2010 National Broadband Plan FCC Internet Policies - current issues (continued) Types of broadband access Cable companies - cable modem Telephone companies Digital subscriber line (DSL) Others: satellites and wireless FCC Internet Policies - current issues (continued) Types of broadband access Cable companies - cable modem Telephone companies - DSL Others: satellites and wireless Forced to open up access to competitive ISPs? Forced to open up access to competitive ISPs? FCC Internet Policies - current issues (continued) Cable access: question of open access: cable not open up to other ISPs 2002: FCC decided cable modem service as “information service” and therefore needs not to open 2005: In the Brand X case, the US Supreme Court refused to overrule the FCC decision that the providers of cable broadband Internet service are not required to provide access to ISPs other than their own. DSL: mainly offered by telephone companies question of access by other ISPs 2003: FCC decided local telephone companies need not open up broadband access broadband over power line (BPL) technology Problems: Electricity in