Open Internet Order’s DNS Problem
The challengers to the FCC’s reclassification of Internet Service under Title II of the Communications Act filed their reply brief to the FCC’s brief on Monday. The challengers – led…
Adding Enhanced Services to the Internet
The 43rd edition of TPRC, the world’s premier conference on Internet policy, took place in Arlington last week, from Sept. 24-27th. While this is mainly a policy conference that stresses…
Tragedies of the Spectrum Commons
The Wi-Fi vs. LTE-U disagreement continues to rage, despite efforts by both sides to reach a détente. The Wi-Fi Alliance and the LTE-U Forum held an event last Friday on…
Tim Wu vs. Tim Wu on Internet Evolution
Following the theme of amici in the Title II challenge, an interesting one came up today from Tim Wu, the man who coined the term “net neutrality”. Wu filed in…
What the FCC Gets Wrong About Mobile
Last time, I explained what the FCC’s reply brief gets wrong about DNS. The brief argues that DNS is a network management function that ISPs employ to achieve more efficient…
FCC Brief Painfully Wrong about DNS
The FCC’s response to the challenges to its latest Open Internet Order (OIO) completely misrepresents the nature of DNS and its role in the Internet. As a result, the brief…
Testing Vindicates LTE-U
A study of LTE-U’s interaction with Wi-Fi – and the interaction of real Wi-Fi access points with each other – appears to show that Wi-Fi users have nothing to fear…
Apple Day Celebration 2015
One of the fun things about being an Apple fan boy is the September announcement of all the cool stuff that’s been happening aboard the mother ship. Part of the…
Robot Explosion
It turns out Ashley Madison doesn’t just have porous security, most of its female members are software robots rather than real people. So all those people who’ve been embarrassed by having…
A Conversation with Henning Schulzrinne
Columbia University Professor Henning Schulzrinne served as Chief Technologist at the Federal Communications Commission from 2011 to 2014. During his career, he has helped develop the key protocols that enable…