Net Neutrality Advocates Score an Own Goal
In soccer, an “own goal” is scoring a goal for the other team. In this connection, I recommend Jon Healey’s column in the LA Times on net neutrality objections to…
How Video is Changing the Internet
Here’s a presentation I gave on Capitol Hill about the changes afoot around the Internet to support TV streaming. The key facts: Changing TV from the status quo to personalized…
FCC Drama on Net Neutrality and Spectrum
The February 15 FCC Open Meeting promises to be one of the more widely-viewed and discussed Commission meeting in a long time. The agenda includes some action on the upcoming…
US Moves Up in Akamai Rankings
The latest State of the Internet Report from Akamai shows continued improvement in Internet speeds in the United States, with Top 10 rankings in all three performance metrics, Average Connection…
Paid Peering and the Internet of Video Things
The controversy over the deal between Comcast and Netflix for paid access to the Comcast residential network is heating up, and that’s just inside Netflix. Immediately after the two firms…
What is Masa Son talking about? (Part 1: Device-Limited LTE speed)
On Tuesday, March 11th, Sprint Chairman Masa Son gave an interesting and exciting speech on the benefits of merging Sprint with T-Mobile that relied on some rather dramatic empirical claims….
Netflix and Comcast Declare Peace
Netflix and Comcast announced today that they’ve come to terms on an interconnection agreement that they’ve been working out since their CEOs and technical teams met in Las Vegas during…
Wall St. Journal: Time to Give Up the Net Neutrality Quest
My op-ed in Wednesday’s Wall St. Journal brims with advice (put the title “Time to Give Up the Net-Neutrality Quest” into Google if you’re not a subscriber) for FCC Chairman…
Akamai’s Latest Report Shows United States Progress
The latest edition of Akamai’s State of the Internet report has just been released, covering the 3rd Quarter of 2013. The previous quarter had shown a slight dip in the…