NETW 584 Telecome Law and Regulation

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1. (TCO B) Which of the following statements is correct about the Structure of the 1934 Act?
2. (TCO D) Which of the following industries or companies is generally considered a natural monopoly according to
Judge Posner's opinion in the Omega Satellite case?
3. (TCO B) Choose the correct standard that the Communications Act directs the FCC to apply in a variety of settings,
ranging from licensing to broadcasters to authorizing service operations by telecommunications carriers. This phrase
appears throughout the 1934 Communications Act.
4. (TCO B) Which of the following terms below is known as: "a set of decisions regarding how radio spectrum will be
used"? The______ for a given block of spectrum typically establishes (1) which services can be offered, (2) how the block
will be divided both across and within geographical areas, and (3) the rules for assigning licenses to use that spectrum to
specific parties.
5. (TCO F) Which of the following terms is known as a method of setting prices applicable in many situations, including
situations where a single firm or entity must recover fixed costs and can do so by manipulating prices on more than one
good? This form of pricing suggests that the most efficient way to recover those fixed costs is to set price levels for the
goods such that, when comparing the goods, the good for which consumers are less sensitive to price is priced such that
there is a greater difference between price and marginal cost than there is for the good for which consumers are more
sensitive to price.
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1. (TCO A) Explain and discuss briefly the concept of why telecommunications technologies are to some degree
substitutableNOTE: Answer may be between 10 to 15 lines (or two paragraphs)
2. (TCO A) What section of the 1934 Act gives the Commission (FCC) the right to regulate the spectrum in a broad
manner? What does it state?
3. (TCO C) Why did the 1985 Report and the 1987 Order seem to lump together all broadcasters and all markets? But
wouldn't the case for retention be stronger in some markets than in others? For instance, isn't the case for retaining the
fairness doctrine stronger for VHF television than AM or FM radio? What is the significance of the fact that the FCC did
not draw such a distinction? Would it have been wiser to retain the fairness doctrine for certain markets? If so, how should
such markets be identified and defined? Discuss.
4. (TCO C) Explain the concept, theories, and implications of a public trustee. In other words, what exactly is a public
trustee in a broadcast sense? Do you agree with the concept of a public trustee in the telecommunications industry, why or
why not?.....NOTE: Answer may be between 10 to 15 lines or more if you would like (or two paragraphs)
5. (TCO D) Evaluate the benefits and risks of Multichannel Video Programming Distribution (MVPD) regulation. Do you
think there should be more or less regulation in the cable television market, why or why not?
6. (TCO E, F) The FCC generally seemed to regulate cable television with an eye toward protecting the pre-existing
broadcast industry. Why did the FCC seem to favor broadcast? Discuss.
7. (TCO E, F) What was the fundamental problem of interconnection that involved Bell and the Independent Telephone
Companies?