Unbundling policy in the United States: players, outcomes and effects (*).
Abstract: Building on attempts during the 1980s to establish principles of Open Network Architecture (ONA), unbundling obligations became a cornerstone of the framework for local competition devised by the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Several of the regulations developed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including the impairment test to...

Wireless revolution. (Defiant Indians).
A BAND OF American Indians is about to challenge the Federal Communications Commission (Fcc), using their reservations' sovereignty to embrace technologies blocked by the U.S. government. Government regulations assume that radio transmissions will take place on preassigned portions of the spectrum. But there's another species of wireless...

Mass-mediated coup in Venezuela.
The political class that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela vanquished in the December 1998 election was, from outward appearances, the product of a democratic system. But Venezuela was far from a model democracy. As in other Latin American countries, newspapers in Venezuela depend heavily upon government advertising,...

Pole attachments: what some may call a nuisance are worth your time and attention.
Given the complexity of the legal and regulatory issues affecting pole attachments and the uncertainty of pole attachment cost recovery, it is little wonder that many electric cooperatives across the country have struggled with how best to manage the pole attachment activities of cable operators, telecommunications companies and others...

Bush and Kerry tout broadband expansion: both candidates make aggressive campaign pledges, but details may be left to legislators.
While the country itself may be sharply divided about the upcoming national election, most telecom industry observers believe there just isn't a whole lot of difference on the telecom stands of George W. Bush and John Kerry. Analysts and Washington observers say because of their history with...

And it just got worse: Fox v. FCC decision opens door to even more concentration of ownership.
In the last issue of SJR, Editor Ed Bishop compiled a list of companies which own the various media outlets in the St. Louis area. The list and accompanying story showed that, with the exception of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Suburban Journals (both owned by Pulitzer, Inc.),...

Internet review: educator concerns regarding cyberspace curricula.
Introduction Educators are confronted with incorporating new technology into the pedagogical processes. The computer is one piece of technology currently being introduced and used in today's schools. Some educators have reported successful incorporation of the computer into their curricula while other educators are reluctant to use the...

VENEZUELA: PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ TAKES STEPS TO LIMIT DAMAGE BY OPPOSITION.
One leader of the 63-day "strike" in Venezuela is under house arrest and another has gone into hiding to evade an arrest warrant. The arrests came two days after an agreement between the government and the opposition pledging to work to reduce tensions. Meanwhile, President Hugo Chavez has initiated...

No draconian laws, we are British. (Africa/Britain).
As the British government and its media upped the ante against Zimbabwe in February, accusing the Mugabe government of imposing "draconian" media laws on the country, poetic justice was served in large doses in central London when the Charing Cross police arrested five journalists and two photographers on 21...

More stories ignored by media.
Below are additional reports collected by Project Censored at Sonoma State University (Rohnert Park, Calif.) under the direction of Dr. Peter Phillips. While these additional six reports were not selected by the judges to be among the top ten (published in SJR's October 2003 issue), their coverage...