Cutting Through the Blog-fog on Throttlegate
FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly criticized Netflix’s Throttlegate in a speech to the American Action Forum Tuesday but pushed back on the idea floated by some ISPs that edge services providers…
Throttle-gate: What are the Facts?
A lively discussion broke out on the Internet last Friday over the Wall Street Journal’s revelation that Netflix has been secretly throttling video streams sent to customers of mobile broadband…
Chester Report: Is Big Data Watching You?
According to a new report, Big Data is Watching: Growing Digital Data Surveillance of Consumers by ISPs and Other Leading Video Providers by Jeff (Center for Digital Democracy) Chester, the Internet is out…
Three Surprises in Akamai’s State of the Internet Report
Today Akamai releases the latest edition of its State of the Internet Report, the go-to overview of developments in global Internet infrastructure. This edition covers the 4th quarter of 2015;…
Pole Attachments and Backhaul
Yesterday’s podcast is a lively and engaging discussion of 5G with Peter Rysavy, a spectrum expert whose posts have graced these pages in the past. While some hyped-up technologies seem…
Fact-Checking the New York Times on Privacy
No sooner had the electrons settled around our last post than the New York Times published an editorial praising FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s proposal to protect America’s Internet users from…
FCC Confused About Privacy
As we’ve explained in previous posts, the FCC is often very confused about the way the Internet works. The agency has claimed that the Domain Name Service routes information across…
Three Big Deal News Items in Tech Policy
Since last we spoke, there’s been significant news on three tech policy fronts with major significance that are worth noting, so this is an all-purpose post with news value to catch…
Welcome to New Cable TV
A lot of Internet and cable TV policy these days presumes that the status quo for Internet services and pay TV will persist indefinitely. Without this assumption, there’s no reason for…
10 Breakthrough Technologies
OK, I’m a sucker for Top 10 lists, especially those that forecast technology trends. So the cover story on the current issue of MIT Technology Review (their title is my…