What’s spectrum worth?
U.S. wireless carriers along with Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) sit on wireless spectrum worth around $368 billion collectively, according to a report from a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. See…
100 Years of Moore’s Law
We’ve seen a flurry of articles on Moore’s Law recently in celebration of its 50-year anniversary this month. Most are quite good, especially Larry Downes’ piece in the Washington Post….
Net Neutrality in India: Missionary Zeal v. Zero-Rating
Internet policy in general and net neutrality in particular isn’t limited to the United States, of course. The first nation to pass a net neutrality law was Chile, and technically…
The Internet is just a prototype
What might we do with the Internet of the future? The world is about to be filled with autonomous cars, social robots, and delivery drones. These will all need to…
What happens if everybody uses Meerkat or Periscope at the same time?
Dear Engineer, I’ve been hearing a lot about personalized video streaming services, like Meerkat and Periscope, that will let you instantly live-stream your life. This sounds pretty cool, as I…
Delaware Internet as Fast as South Korea?
The Washington Post’s GovBeat blog has a nice summary of the latest “State of the Internet” report from Akamai. They’ve broken out US states and compared them to nations, a…
Playing God with the Internet?
At yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee’s hearing, “Wrecking the Internet to Save It: The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rule,” Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert delivered some impassioned comments on the FCC’s common…
FCC Hearings: Where’s the Tech?
The five Congressional hearings on the FCC in the last week yielded surprisingly little technical content. While I’ve learned not to be optimistic about the ability of the nation’s “expert…