Spectrum Reality, Part 2

In my last post, I promised to follow up on the 700 MHz band’s unique properties, so here you go. The background fact about spectrum is that opportunistic spectrum access…

February 1, 2012 0

Spectrum Reality

Now that a detente of sorts has been reached with Congressional efforts to muzzle some of the most egregious criminal sites on the Internet, attention came resume on some of…

January 16, 2012 3

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

Last May and June, BBC aired a three part documentary by Adam Curtis on how computers are reshaping society called “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace.” The title…

January 4, 2012 2

Discussion Thread: Does DNS Filtering Break the Internet?

There’s a lot of controversy about the DNS filtering mandate proposed in two bills moving in the U. S. Congress,  PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA.) This…

December 22, 2011 12

SOPA Hearing DNS Filtering Discussion

The House Judiciary Hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) held on Thursday, December 15 was certainly one of the longest hearings in recent memory, as well as one…

December 16, 2011 5

My DNS Filtering Research before House SOPA Panel

The US House of Representatives was debating the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill yesterday and the issue of DNS Filtering and the alleged danger to the Internet was raised.  My…

December 16, 2011 35

Apps, Web Apps, and the Future of Computing

One of the questions that keeps coming up in discussions about where network computing is going is the Web vs. Apps controversy. Wired magazine helped kick it off in 2010…

December 15, 2011 1

FCC and AT&T Rural LTE Kerfuffle

A lot of ink has been spilled in the past week since AT&T withdrew its FCC application for a merger with T-Mobile and the FCC released a staff analysis report….

December 3, 2011 0