Flying from Facts
Why don’t facts matter in policy debates? It’s not that people don’t invest a great deal of time and effort in acquiring them, analyzing them, and using them to buttress…
Dino Flore, Chairman of the 3GPP RAN Group
[powerpress] You can take your smartphone anywhere in the world, pop in a new SIM card, and it will just work. That’s not just some happy accident; that’s the result…
The Internet Has Never Been Free of Borders
The New York Times ran an editorial Monday that displays a very poor understanding of both the inner workings of the Internet and the nature of intellectual property. Effectively, the…
My Amicus Brief in the Open Internet Challenge
I filed a brief with the DC Circuit Court today challenging the FCC’s Open Internet Order. This is the first such brief I’ve filed, and I was motivated by the fact…
Three Intriguing Tales and a Bonus
I wanted to write about three stories that were in the news today, and since I can choose just one you’re going to get all three. They all have something…
The Cord-Cutting Myth in the Golden Age of TV
No matter where you get your news, you’ve undoubtedly heard that cable TV is in big trouble because people are cutting the cord on high-priced cable plans and moving to…
Senate Commerce Committee Spectrum Hearing
The Senate Commerce Committee’s Wednesday hearing on spectrum policy highlighted key issues and brought out some workable solutions to the spectrum crunch. In order to advance from 4G to 5G…
Genetic Engineering and Public Policy
We normally deal with networking issues here, but today I’m going to cover a different corner of tech policy that’s been in the news recently, genetic engineering. First, some background:…
John Cioffi, the Father of DSL
Stanford Professor John Cioffi is world-renowned for his contributions to networking: He invented DSL, VDSL and Vectored DSL, and his work has led to more than 400 publications and more than…
Populists Want FCC to Probe Broadband Prices
The populist wing of the Democratic Party is making trouble for FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler by asking for a survey of broadband prices across the US: A group of US…