TPRC 2022: The 50th Research Conference on Communications...

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TPRC 2022: The 50th Research Conference on Communications, Information and Inter

The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy
September 16-17, 2022

8:00am EDT

Registration and Coffee Claudio Grossman Hall

9:00am EDT

Need for Speed: Broadband and Student Achievement rm 1 The Economics of Privacy: Examining the Intersection between the Issue of Maximizing the Economic Profits and the Legal Repercussions of Surveilling Muslims through the Case of the Muslim Pro App rm 2 A Digital Privacy Divide: How Privacy Concerns Reinforce Inequalities Online rm 3 Free Speech, Platforms & The Fake News Problem rm 4 Why Has Multilateral Space and Spectrum Resource Management Become More Difficult? rm 5

9:31am EDT

The Profitability of Flat-Price Broadband with An Over-The-Top Subscription Content Product – Benefits from Cooperation rm 1 The Role of Transaction Cost Engineering in Standards Adoption: Evidence from Internet Security rm 2 The Impact of Broadband on Poverty Reduction in Rural Ecuador rm 3 Hide and Seek the Truth? – Anonymity and Transparency in the Digital Age rm 4 Mitigating conflict situations in spectrum sharing: A localized and decentralized governance approach. rm 5

10:10am EDT

The Public Good and Public Attitudes Toward Data Sharing through IoT rm 1 Rethinking Peltzman’s Economic Model of Regulation Through Ownership Consolidation and Digitized Media Communication Landscapes rm 2 Internet Inequity in Chicago: Adoption, Affordability, and Availability rm 3 Behind Every Good Lie is a Grain of Truth: Deriving Identity-Based Demand for Disinformation in Moldova and Taiwan Using GIS Applications rm 4 Spectrum Rights in Outer Space: Interference Management for Mega-constellations rm 5

10:40am EDT

Coffee Break sponsored by The Brattle Group Claudio Grossman Hall

11:05am EDT

Broadband Labels: Performance and Network Management rm 3 Interoperability in Digital Markets rm 2 À la Carte Cable: A Regulatory Solution to the Disinformation Subsidy rm 4 Auctions and Mobile Market Competition: Evidence from European 4G Auctions rm 5 Research on Community Networks: What’s Old is New Again

11:36am EDT

Broadband Voucher Programs: Evaluating the Alabama Broadband Connectivity Program rm 1 Preserving Human Rights Across the Digital Domain rm 4

11:37am EDT

Understanding the metrics of Internet broadband access: How much is enough? rm 3 Vertical Control Change and Platform Organization under Network Externalities rm 2 Understanding Spectrum Prices in Recent Upper Mid-Band FCC Auctions rm 5

12:07pm EDT

Rural Consumer Internet Perspectives: A Hard Look at Quality and Policy rm 3 Smart Contracts: Myths and Implications for Economics and Financial Regulation rm 1

12:08pm EDT

A Critique of the “Surveillance Capitalism” Thesis: Toward a digital political economy rm 2 Reckless Associations rm 4 Auction 107 (C-Band): Policy Overview and Closing Bid Price Analysis of Expedited Access due to $9.7B in Accelerated Relocation Payments to Incumbent Satellite Operators rm 5

12:45pm EDT

Lunch and Keynote Claudio Grossman Hall

2:15pm EDT

Financing mechanisms for community-owned internet infrastructure American University Washington College of Law Public Policy for the Metaverse: Competition, Innovation, and Protections American University Washington College of Law The future of reverse auctions American University Washington College of Law

3:45pm EDT

Coffee Break sponsored by Stand Together Trust Claudio Grossman Hall

4:05pm EDT

The Dynamic Effects of Competition on Investment: the Case of the European Mobile Communications Industry rm 1 Behind the Pandemic: Using Covid to Understand the Digital Divide within Spain rm 3 Opening Schrödinger’s Box: An Independent Assessment of Applications and Regulatory Implications of Quantum Technology rm 2 Becoming an Internet Policy Conference: A Retrospective on TPRC rm 5

4:08pm EDT

Building An Authentication Infrastructure — Designing a Two Factor Authentication Hardware Token with Form Factor that Encourages Engagement rm 2

4:36pm EDT

The Standardisation of Lawful Interception Technologies in the 3GPP: Interrogating 5G and Surveillance Amid US-China Competition rm 2 History of TPRC Conference Research and Structure: 1972-2022 rm 5

4:40pm EDT

Benchmarks or Equity? A New Approach to Measuring Internet Performance rm 2

5:07pm EDT

What's In a Label? rm 1 Onlining in the Time of Covid: Broadband Infrastructure and U.S. School District Policy During the Pandemic rm 3 Learning from the neighbors: The diffusion of state broadband policies in United States (1991-2021) rm 5

5:45pm EDT

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose: Why Universal Access and Digital Divide Policy Issues have persisted over the last 50 years Claudio Grossman Hall Employee Technology Skill Gaps in the Great Resignation Claudio Grossman Hall A General Model of (Internet) Governance Claudio Grossman Hall In Search of a Common Spectrum Vocabulary: Spectrum Sharing and Interference Taxonomies Claudio Grossman Hall Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Evolution and Societal Impact of the Internet and Social Media, from TPRC25 to TPRC50 and Beyond Claudio Grossman Hall Mapping skill-based technology stacks to regional innovation clusters: Uncovering the patterns from the ICT industry and the digital economy landscape Claudio Grossman Hall Surfacing Hidden Insights, Reflections, and Priorities in Social Media Analysis on US Blockchain Executive Order Claudio Grossman Hall

6:45pm EDT

Dinner and Keynote Claudio Grossman Hall

7:00pm EDT

Reflections on the impact of Telecommunications Policy Research Conferences Claudio Grossman Hall

8:30pm EDT

50th Anniversary Gala Dessert Reception sponsored by the American Library Association Claudio Grossman Hall

8:00am EDT

Registration and Continental Breakfast Claudio Grossman Hall

9:00am EDT

The Spatiality of Connectivity: a Spatial Analysis of Public Wi-Fi Locations in New York City rm 4 Economic Impact of Asymmetric Paid Peering: Implications of the Netflix vs. SK Broadband Dispute rm 1 Entity of the State: The Transparency of Restricting Telecommunications Firms as Threats to America’s National Security rm 2 The Patchwork of State Data Privacy Laws and Competition and Opportunity in Digital Markets rm 3 Spectrum Sovereignty on Tribal Lands: Assessing the DIGITAL Reservations Act rm 5

9:31am EDT

Delivering Affordable Universal Broadband: Exploring the Global Investment Needs of Broadband Infrastructure to Achieve Target 9c of the Sustainable Development Goals rm 4 Best Practices for Collecting Speed Test Data rm 1 Beyond Digital Protectionism? Comparing Personal Data Regulation Frameworks in China, India, and South Korea rm 3 Using Spectrum Allocations to Address Indigenous Policy Obligations: The Case of New Zealand rm 5

10:02am EDT

Internets: The changing role of Internet Protocols in evolving broadband technologies rm 4 Are the Settlement-Free Peering Policy Requirements for ISPs and CDNs Based on Network Costs? rm 1 Digital Sovereignty and Resilience rm 2 Enforcement Discretion in Tech Policy: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) across data protection authorities post GDPR rm 3 Use It or What? rm 5

10:40am EDT

Coffee Break sponsored by The Brattle Group Claudio Grossman Hall

11:05am EDT

Digital Disregard: A Case for Amending Quebec’s Children Advertising Legislation rm 1 Positive or zero-sum game: When privacy by design meets dark patterns rm 3 Personal data on sale rm 4 Dispelling Revisionist Myths Regarding Spectrum Property Rights in the 1920s rm 5 A Game of Quality Competition Among ISPs rm 1

11:36am EDT

Your Mileage May Vary or Performance You Can Count On: What Should Broadband Consumer Labels Measure? rm 2 My Browser is not a Billboard: Experimental Evidence on Ad-blocking Adoption and Users' Acquisition of Information rm 3 Privacy Risks in the Internet of Things: The Impact of Ambiguity Aversion on Transparency Choices rm 4 Regulation of Radio Frequency Communications: The Untold History of “Harmful Interference” rm 5

11:37am EDT

Impact of Municipal and Cooperative Internet Provision on Broadband Entry and Competition rm 1

12:07pm EDT

Universal Broadband Assessment of Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations: Evaluating Capacity, Coverage, Cost, and Environmental Emissions rm 1 Crowdsourced QoS Evaluation in Broadband: Data Analytics Challenges and New Approaches rm 2 Obstacles to Text- and Datamining Research: Copyright and More rm 3 When to Collect Sensitive Category Data? Working Towards a Participatory Framework for Balancing Privacy and Freedom from Discrimination in Automated Decision Systems in the Public Sector rm 4 Polycentric Governance in the US Amateur-Radio Community: Unassigned Spectrum and Promoting Open Innovation rm 5

12:50pm EDT

Lunch, Student Paper Awards, Benton Early Career Award, Poster Award Claudio Grossman Hall

2:00pm EDT

Lessons from Past and Current Policy Experiments for Future U.S. Broadband Policy American University Washington College of Law The Global Impact of TPRC: A retrospective view from offshoot conferences in Asia/Africa (CPRSouth), Latin America (CPR Latam) and Europe (EuroCPR) American University Washington College of Law

3:30pm EDT

Coffee Break sponsored by the Satellite Industry Association Claudio Grossman Hall

4:00pm EDT

The Anticompetitive Impacts of Exclusive Rights-of-Way and Unequal Subsidies in the Wireline Broadband Market rm 2 How to Build New Infrastructure-- Lessons from the Past rm 1 Assessing factors influencing the adoption of Technology in the Port Supply Chain Industry in West Africa Sub-region: A case study of Integrated Customs System in Ghana rm 3 Friction-In-Design Regulation as 21st Century Time, Place and Manner Restriction rm 4 Fast Interference Management rm 5

4:31pm EDT

Swords and Shields: Impact of Private Standards in Technology-Based Liability rm 2 Purposeful Mobile Internet Adoption and Use in United States: A Geodemographic and Socioeconomic Analysis rm 1 Do Mobile Applications Give Competitive Advantage To Small And Medium Enterprises? Lessons From Indonesia rm 3 Close Encounters: Gauging Residents’ Comfort and Trust Levels with Smart Technologies during Datawalks rm 4

4:35pm EDT

Good Enough? rm 5

5:02pm EDT

Safeguarding Competition in Digital Markets: A Comparative Analysis of Emerging Policy and Regulatory Regimes rm 2 The Solution is in the Details: Building Cybersecurity Capacity in Europe rm 1 Wearables from Head to Toe: Are They Friend or Foe? An Empirical Landscaping of Health and Fitness Wearables and Apps in Six Countries to Identify Emerging Policy Challenges rm 3 Assessing the Depth and Importance of the Privacy Policies of Children’s MMO Games rm 4 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Windfall rm 5