> I hope you like the results.
They probably will. If the economic study of the history of regulations has taught me anything its that deregulation coupled with stable governmental institutions has over the longterm, always led to better products, increased production, increased competition, more rapid innovation and more satisfied consumers.
For a good study you need look no further than the histories of the FDA or even the FCC itself.
As an example, assuming some deregulation occurs like the article says, I would expect to see a lot of different pricing models and products pop up. Do you want access to particular websites say, wikipedia, youtube and yahoo, well just pay $5 a month. Now you also don't need google anymore, so your service provider can partner with other search startups to offer you built in search functionality. Or perhaps you want the "no video plan" well that would be much cheaper than $20 a month, etc. It would actually be very interesting to see what new industries would crop up and which major players could be disrupted.
1. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.159...
2. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2646905?seq=1#page_scan_tab_cont...
3. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/tpe.12.2006...
They probably will. If the economic study of the history of regulations has taught me anything its that deregulation coupled with stable governmental institutions has over the longterm, always led to better products, increased production, increased competition, more rapid innovation and more satisfied consumers.
For a good study you need look no further than the histories of the FDA or even the FCC itself.
As an example, assuming some deregulation occurs like the article says, I would expect to see a lot of different pricing models and products pop up. Do you want access to particular websites say, wikipedia, youtube and yahoo, well just pay $5 a month. Now you also don't need google anymore, so your service provider can partner with other search startups to offer you built in search functionality. Or perhaps you want the "no video plan" well that would be much cheaper than $20 a month, etc. It would actually be very interesting to see what new industries would crop up and which major players could be disrupted.
1. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.159...
2. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2646905?seq=1#page_scan_tab_cont...
3. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/tpe.12.2006...