Community Broadband is Cheaper – and Slower
A recent study by the Berkman Klein Center shows that publicly-funded broadband networks are cheaper – but slower – than those built with private capital. On average, consumers who buy broadband service from a government provider pay $10 per month less than those who patronize commercial providers, but their download speeds are close to 7 Mbps slower.
Net Neutrality CRA Resolution to be Debated
As soon as supporters of the CRA have had their turns at extolling the virtues of the Title II telecommunications carrier regulations from the Senate floor, I hope they will pivot to their legislative duty to enact serious legislation.
Two Security Headaches Usher in the New Year (Updated!)
Happy New Year, here are two more things to worry about: researchers at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy have discovered that dodgy code in web pages can read your…
The Firefox Fast Lane
We all prioritize thing that matter over things that don’t. The Internet need not be an exception to this rule.
The Myth of Internet Fast Lanes
Should three unelected bureaucrats be able to reverse three other unelected bureaucrats on vital social, political, and economic questions? This is the haunting question for Internet policy in the United…
The Internet After Net Neutrality
Let’s not be distracted by shiny objects any more. The Internet still has tremendous promise as well as serious problems to solve. Making it better through continuous experimentation should be the top priority.
Live-blogging the Apple Announcement
Apple’s annual new product announcement has just started. It’s in the Steve Jobs Theater at the new Apple campus in Cupertino. They play an audio clip of Jobs’ words of wisdom….
You Get What You Measure
The awesome TPRC Conference starts on Friday this week, at the Scalia Law School at George Mason U. in Arlington. This conference brings academics and policy scholars from around the world together…
My Reply Comments on Restoring Internet Freedom
Today I filed a critique of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s “Engineers Letter” with the FCC. The letter, based on a an amicus brief filed in support of the 2015 Open…
Free Speech Now! Kinda…
Free speech is taking a beating on the Internet and ISPs have nothing to do with it. This is peculiar because activists have long insisted that ISPs are the greatest – and…