ITIF Statement in Support of “America’s Broadband Connectivity” Plan

[Ed: Here’s the press release we issued at ITIF today on the ABC Plan for phasing out telephony subsidies and bulking up the stimulus program for rural broadband. All telecom…

July 29, 2011 0

What’s Holding Netflix Back?

What’s Holding Netflix Back?

Broadband usage fees and limits are back in the news again: the New York Times editorialized against them recently, and the Washington Post’s Cecilia Kang reported that “experts” have concerns…

July 29, 2011 2

FCC Gets Some Consensus in Wireless Booster Proceeding

Comments are in on the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in WT Docket No. 10-4 to create new technical, operational, and coordination rules for wireless signal boosters in various services….

July 28, 2011 3

Public Knowledge Sides with LightSquared

Public Knowledge filed comments to the FCC that clearly sided with LightSquared in their dispute with GPS device makers.  When it comes to wireless broadband that uses spectrum that was…

July 28, 2011 14

CCIA Using Hearsay to Fight T-Mobile Merger

The President of the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) Edward Black told The Hill Newspaper that an AT&T/T-Mobile merger would be bad for mobile application makers.  Black argues that…

July 26, 2011 3

A Tip of the Cap

There’s an editorial in today’s New York Times called “To Cap, Or Not” and you have to wonder who writes this stuff. In a nutshell, this money line in the…

July 22, 2011 0

The Network of Probabilities

At eComm, I interviewed on stage Neil Davies, founder of Predictable Network Solutions. (Disclosure: they are a consulting client, we are working together to commercialise their technology.) The transcript of…

July 22, 2011 2

The Big Debate on DNS Filtering and DNSSEC

Earlier this week, I participated on a panel debating the use of Domain Name System (DNS) filtering and the Protect Intellectual Property (IP) Act at the third Internet Governance Forum-USA.  Video…

July 21, 2011 10

Fact-checking Sen. Kohl’s Letter

Senator Herb Kohl sent a letter to the Justice Department and the FCC today arguing that the market analysis around the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger should emphasize the national market rather…

July 21, 2011 2

Netflix Bets the Medium is the Message

An awful lot of pixels have been burned on the dramatic price increase that Netflix announced last week. The popular phrasing described a “social media firestorm” of complaints from angry…

July 18, 2011 6