Trump Administration Telecom Program

The Trump Administration is going to chart its own course through the tech policy issues we discuss here, as AEI’s Jeff Eisenach explained on the Communicators last Friday. The Trump Administration…

November 10, 2016 0

The FCC’s Privacy Nudge

Privacy defaults determine choices. Advertisers should compete on a level playing field where outcomes aren’t pre-determined.

September 29, 2016 0

FCC Comment on Broadband Progress

FCC Broadband Progress Reports lack coherent structure and the kind of year-to-year consistency of method that would allow us to evaluate progress. This can be corrected by taking a more structured approach and relying on academic research instead of home-cooked data with limited value, as is the norm.

September 7, 2016 0

Surveying Broadband Quality

Surveying Broadband Quality

The FCC’s Broadband Progress Report is a wasteful exercise in reinventing the wheel each year because it lacks a coherent methodology and also because it ignores the scholarly research on applications and broadband quality.

September 1, 2016 0

High Tech Carolina Farm to Switch ISPs

It’s unlikely that the Vick Farm in North Carolina is in the same shape as an Atlantic City casino even though it has been doing a bit of gambling on its broadband.

August 30, 2016 0

Happy Birthday, Internet: Richard Bennett talks with Don Nielson

The Internet was born 40 years ago in a demonstration connecting a wireless node in California with all the computers on ARPANET. Listen to the godfather.

August 26, 2016 0

Sharing Government Spectrum

The best way for government to share spectrum with the private sector is to sell it all and lease back as much as the agencies need at any particular time.

August 24, 2016 0

eBay: Car Service of the Future?

Autonomous cars auctioned by companies like eBay for trips and errands could become an important mode of transportation very soon.

August 18, 2016 3

The Driverless Uber of Networking

The FCC & its pals want us to build four car garages for the world of driverless Uber. This isn’t going to end well.

August 16, 2016 14

FCC Defeat Holds Chattanooga Train at the Station

FCC order preempting state broadband laws struck down by Sixth Circuit in the least surprising court decision of the year. So it’s back to the drawing board for the White House.

August 11, 2016 0