Barry Orton
Professor, Telecommunications
Consultant to telecommunications regulators
Send e-mail to bmorton@wisc.edu
Teaching Interests
- Telecommunications Policy
- Internet Utilization
- Cable Television Regulation
Programs
Current Projects
- Cable TV franchise renewal consultant to numerous municipalities
- Monitoring cable overbuild efforts by telephone companies
- The creation of "virtual communities" on the Net
- Telecommunications policy consultant to local governments
Background/Education
- B.S. in Business and Economics, Lehigh University
- M.C.R.P. in City and Regional Planning, Rutgers
- PhD in City and Regional Planning, Rutgers
Related Resources
- National Assn. of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors
- CABLE: Other telecommunications, cable, Internet-related resources; maintained by UW's Dave Devereaux-Weber
- 7-7-2000 Statement to FCC regarding merger of AOL and Time-Warner
- FCC AOL-TW en banc hearing
- Orton Resume/CV
- On-site training and consulting with Barry Orton
- 10-16-02 Statement to the FCC regarding local Public Rights-of-Way management and compensation (140k PDF document)
- FCC Rights-of-Way Forum in streaming video
- Transcription of entire 10-16-02 FCC Public Rights-of-Way Forum (408k PDF document)
- Waxing America Blog - Editor and Writer
The Cable Guy Orton profile from Madison Magazine
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