Exploiting Boston
Predictably, the terrorist attack of the Boston Marathon brought the hucksters out of the woodwork more or less immediately. One of the first stories – and still the worst one,…
Global Broadband Woes
The New York Times reports that broadband networks in Germany fail to deliver advertised speeds: BERLIN — A government study released Thursday supports what many German consumers have long suspected:…
PBS News Hour Broadband Series
Quick note: I discuss broadband networks on the PBS News Hour today (Thursday.) They’re doing a three-part series on the state of U. S. broadband with a lot of focus…
How to Kill Wi-Fi
As we all know, Wi-Fi is a killer technology that’s been enormously important to innovators, consumers, and the Internet. It’s a very humble technology that only tries to replace Ethernet…
FCC to move on 5 GHz, but no faster nor further than NTIA
At its February 20 meeting, the FCC will likely adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as a first step toward increasing the amount of spectrum available in the 5 GHz…
The Whole Picture of American Broadband
I’m happy with the volume (if not necessarily the quality) of reaction to the report on the state of American broadband networks we just released this week at ITIF, The…
A crucial engineering fact I’m not hearing from municipal TV white space proponents
Here it is: At 600 MHz, interference travels farther than it does at higher frequencies, all else equal. The corollary to this, which you hear much more often from white…
