A Progressive Broadband Agenda

Ev Ehrlich, a former  Clinton Administration Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs who frequently contributes to this blog, has outlined an Internet policy agenda for progressives in a paper…

July 22, 2013 41

Appy Days – the Value of the App Economy

As the Apple App store turns five, Michael Mandel of the Progressive Policy Institute updated his estimates of the effect of the device on the economy.  He finds there are more…

July 11, 2013 0

FCC Process Reform

House Energy and Commerce’s Communications Subcommittee is holding a hearing tomorrow (Thursday) on a FCC process reform. While this sounds like a dry subject, it’s significant. The subcommittee is considering…

July 10, 2013 1

Europe Promises More Than it Delivers

The long-awaited SamKnows study of European broadband speeds and promises is out, and it confirms what we suspected: broadband subscribers in Europe do not get the performance they pay for….

June 27, 2013 1

House Spectrum Hearing

This Thursday, June 27, the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing on government spectrum use (titled “Equipping Carriers and Agencies in the Wireless Era,”) at 10:30 a.m….

June 25, 2013 0

Rural Broadband: Tail Wagging the Dog?

The New York Times ran an op-ed of mine in the Sunday Review last weekend that summarizes the overall state of the broadband networks in the U. S. and Europe….

June 19, 2013 1

TechCrunch TV: Bennett v Feld on State of US Broadband

Don’t miss the debate between our fair editor Richard Bennett and Harold Feld on TechCrunch TV (charmingly titled “Does American Broadband Suck?”) Host Andrew Keen was intrigued by Richard’s recent…

June 11, 2013 0

ICYMI – Denial: A River in Europe?

Another good piece today, this one in the Wall Street Journal, pointing to the obtuseness of those who continue to suggest the U.S. regulate spectrum a la Europe, while ignoring: …

June 10, 2013 0

ICYMI: Roger Entner on Spectrum Ownership

Roger Entner has an excellent piece in Fierce Wireless today.  He  addresses DOJ’s proposal to limit how much spectrum the two largest  mobile providers can use to support their networks – the…

June 10, 2013 0

Senate State of Wireless Communications Hearing

The Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet is beginning its hearing on the State of Wireless Communications shortly, and I’ll be live-blogging it here. The subject matter is…

June 4, 2013 1