Voice is Nothing But an App
Today I filed comments with the FCC on phasing out the old-timey copper telephone network. POTS was once a valued friend and collaborator, but today it’s become the drunken uncle…
Dave Farber
Dave Farber has passed away. He was one of the most important people in the creation of the Internet and a friend of High Tech Forum. He taught the people…
Prison Phone Jamming
Here are the comments I filed with the FCC on the prison phone jamming NPRM. GN Docket No. 13-111 Comments of Richard Bennett[1] I. Introduction and Summary This is a…
The Amazing Dynamic New Broadband Market
Consumers are clamoring for FWA where it’s not yet available
Things that irritate me about Wi-Fi
After a month of redesigning and redeploying Wi-Fi in my home office, I’ve come across some features of this wireless network that need improvement. Recent developments in the 802.11 standards…
Spectrum Pipeline: Good News and Bad News
The good news is that Senators Rounds, Fischer, and Cotton have agreed on a framework that restores the FCC’s auction authority in the reconciliation package. This authority lapsed in 2023,…
Correcting the FCC’s 6 GHz Blunder
A new economic report by Raul Katz for WifiForward appears to inadvertently make a case for switching from Wi-Fi to Ethernet for better performance and a resulting boost to the…