Some of Jon Peha's Recent Papers on Telecom Policy

• J. M. Peha, "The Benefits and Risks of Mandating Network Neutrality, and the Quest for a Balanced Policy," 34th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2006.
• J. M. Peha, "The Need for Fundamental Reform in Public Safety Spectrum and Communications Policy." Presented at the New America Foundation, Oct. 2006. Audio and video of the event are available.
• Jon M. Peha, "Emerging Technology and Spectrum Policy Reform," Proceedings of United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Workshop on Market Mechanisms for Spectrum Management, Geneva, Jan.2007.
• J. M. Peha, " Protecting Public Safety With Better Communications Systems," IEEE Communications, March 2005.
• J. M. Peha and S. Panichpapiboon, "Real-Time Secondary Markets for Spectrum," Telecommunications Policy Journal, August 2004.
• J. M. Peha, " Approaches to Spectrum Sharing," IEEE Communications, Feb. 2005.
• J. M. Peha, "Making the Internet Fit for Commerce: new policies to enforce tax laws, protect privacy, deter fraud, and prevent illegal sales," Issues in Science and Technology, Winter 1999-2000. (PDF)
• J. M. Peha, "Spectrum Management Policy Options," IEEE Communications Surveys , 1998. (PDF) Also available in HTML .
• J. M. Peha, "Tradable Universal Service Obligations," Telecommunications Policy, July 1999. (Providing incentives for commerical telecom carriers to expand to rural areas.)
• J. M. Peha, "Competing Models for Spectrum Sharing," presentation for the National Academy of Sciences, Feb. 28, 2006.
• D. P. Satapathy, J. M. Peha, "Spectrum Sharing Without Licenses: Opportunities and Dangers," Interconnection and the Internet: Selected Papers From the 1996 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference.
• J. M. Peha, "How America's Fragmented Approach to Public Safety Wastes Spectrum and Funding," 33rd Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2005.
• J. M. Peha, "The Debate Over TV 'White Space' Spectrum," IEEE Crowncom, July 2007.
• J. M. Peha, B. Gilden, R. Savage, S. Sheng, B. Yankiver, "Finding an Effective Sustainable Model for a Wireless Metropolitan-Area Network: Analyzing the Case of Pittsburgh," 35th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, (TPRC) Sept. 2007.
• J. M. Peha, W. H. Lehr, S. J. Wilkie, " The State of the Debate on Network Neutrality," International Journal of Communication, 2007.
• J. M. Peha, Testimony before the US Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, ``Tax Policy Litmus Tests: Enforceability, Privacy, and Efficiency,'' Dec. 1999. (PDF)
• J. M. Peha, "The Digital TV Transition: A Chance to Enhance Public Safety and Improv e Spectrum Auctions," IEEE Communications.
• J. M. Peha, ``Proposal on Taxation of Electronic Commerce,'' US Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, Nov. 1999. (PDF)
• J. M. Peha, "More Market Mechanisms, in Moderation," comments on Issues Related to the Federal Communication Commission's Spectrum Policies, FCC Docket 02-135, July 7, 2002.
• J. M. Peha, "Incremental Reform Towards a Broadcast Underlay, and the Radio Traffic Signal," comments on Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Band, FCC Docket 04-186, Nov. 26, 2004.
• J. M. Peha, "Telecommunications Competition in 2010," Info: the Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media, April 2000.
• J. M. Peha, "Unrestricted Permits for Ultrawideband Devices," FCC Docket 98-153, June 2000.
• Q. Wang, J. M. Peha, M. Sirbu, "An Analysis of Profit and Consumer Surplus Implications of Resale." (Is resale good for consumers? Sometimes, but not always.) (PDF)
• J. Kumagai (with interview of J. M. Peha), "Technology Priorities for the White House," IEEE Spectrum, Sept. 2000.
• J. M. Peha, R. P. Strauss, "Changing Information Technology and the Fisc," National Tax Journal, Sept. 1997. (Taxation of electronic commerce) (PDF)
• J. M. Peha, ``Ridge's Gift to Computer-Owners,'' editorial on Pennsylvania universal service policies, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 2000. (HTML)
• J. M. Peha, "A Modest Proposal for The Immodest Internet," An Editorial on the Communications Decency Act. (HTML)
• J. M. Peha, "A Secondary Broadband Provider for Public Safety," July 19, 2007.
• J. M. Peha, S. Tewari, "The Results of Competition Between Integrated-Services Telecommunications Carriers," Information Economics and Policy, Special Issue on Multimedia, March 1998. (PDF)
• J. M. Peha, Report on Peha's work in Congress.
• Q. Wang, J. M. Peha, "Proactive Price Regulation for Upgrading Telecommunications Infrastructure," Information Economics and Policy, June 1997. (PDF)
• J. M. Peha, "Encryption Policy Issues," 1998, a primer on issues likely to arise in Congress in 1999-2000. (PDF)
• J. M. Peha, speaker and moderator, transcript of " Three Years After 9/11: Connecting America's First Responders," Capitol Hill briefing, Sept. 2004.
• J. M. Peha, "The Wrong Way to Wire Our Schools," An Editorial on the e-rate universal service policy. (HTML)