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

95% of America’s Young Adults Use Broadband at Home

The latest survey of America’s home broadband subscriptions by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project reveals some surprising trends that you probably haven’t heard before. The fact…

August 27, 2013 18

Microsoft’s Next Generation

There’s been a lot of buzz around Steve Ballmer’s announcement that he’s leaving Microsoft, and some interesting speculation about who his replacement might be. Anil Dash in particular made some…

August 26, 2013 0

Fiber and Wireless Explained

In a recent blog post for Innovation Files, I covered some claims that various advocates make for fiber optic networks about sharing and symmetry that are completely incorrect. I’d like…

August 9, 2013 2

Roaming is not Interconnection

There was a some very unusual action at the Senate’s “State of Wireline Communication” hearing on Thursday. The prepared statements weren’t remarkable: subsidized carriers want more subsidies, independent carriers want…

July 26, 2013 0

Bennett vs. Eeyore on Broadband in America

It’s odd, isn’t it, how some persist in seeing the absolute wosrt in America?  This is certainly true in broadband, where In the face of news that the U.S., in…

July 26, 2013 8