Hey, Internet: Maybe They’re Just Not That Into You!

Spot the logical failing: We want everyone to use the Internet. A full 15% of adults in America are not using the Internet. They must want to but can’t, so…

September 26, 2013 0

Europe’s Broadband Woes

By any sensible measure, Europe is in the midst of a broadband crisis: The U. S. has opened a an enormous gap with the continent in terms of 4G/LTE mobile…

September 23, 2013 0

PPI’s Investment Heroes List

The Progressive Policy Institute (AKA “Clinton’s brain trust”) is on a roll. The latest memo in their “Investment Heroes: Who’s Betting on America’s Future” series lists the firms and sectors…

September 19, 2013 2

The Giant Crunching Sound – Spectrum

So what’s that giant crunching sound?  No, it’s not the guy next to me at Starbucks eating his biscotti.  (Well, it is that, too, and I do wish he would…

September 16, 2013 0

Big News Week

This is shaping up as a big week for news, what with the Net Neutrality oral arguments, Apple’s product announcement, Verizon’s Fire Island announcement and some other things that haven’t…

September 10, 2013 0

Net Neutrality Arguments

Net neutrality hasn’t been a hot issue for the past three years, since we’ve been waiting for the courts to rule on the legality of the FCC’s Open Internet rules….

September 10, 2013 0

Larry Downes on FCC’s Spectrum Auctions Struggle

ICYMI, Larry Downes’ piece on the FCC’s struggle to get spectrum auctions moving is worth a read. It’s from last week, but (sadly), it is pretty evergreen, as a quick…

September 9, 2013 0

Microsoft and Nokia

The tech news of they day (it actually broke last night) is Microsoft’s $7.2 billion takeover of Nokia’s mobile phone business. Given the market shares of the parties – both…

September 3, 2013 0