US Moves Up in Akamai Rankings
The latest State of the Internet Report from Akamai shows continued improvement in Internet speeds in the United States, with Top 10 rankings in all three performance metrics, Average Connection…
Paid Peering and the Internet of Video Things
The controversy over the deal between Comcast and Netflix for paid access to the Comcast residential network is heating up, and that’s just inside Netflix. Immediately after the two firms…
What is Masa Son talking about? (Part 1: Device-Limited LTE speed)
On Tuesday, March 11th, Sprint Chairman Masa Son gave an interesting and exciting speech on the benefits of merging Sprint with T-Mobile that relied on some rather dramatic empirical claims….
Netflix and Comcast Declare Peace
Netflix and Comcast announced today that they’ve come to terms on an interconnection agreement that they’ve been working out since their CEOs and technical teams met in Las Vegas during…
A Broader Vision for Wireless 9-1-1
Before working in public policy, I was a Silicon Valley technology developer. When they learn this, people often ask me if I’m frustrated by the slow pace of policy. I…
Presenting the Technical Facts – High-Band vs. Low-Band Spectrum Deployment in Today’s Spectrum-Constrained Environment
It’s said so often that many have accepted it as a truism: “Low-band spectrum is inherently superior. High-band is inferior, undesirable and expensive.” This is one of things that everybody…