2015 Download
2015 was a very active year for High Tech Forum because so much went down in Internet and mobile policy, with major developments in all the key policy areas and…
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…
FCC Hearings: Where’s the Tech?
The five Congressional hearings on the FCC in the last week yielded surprisingly little technical content. While I’ve learned not to be optimistic about the ability of the nation’s “expert…
How Interconnection Works
Interconnection played a big role in the FCC’s 2014 Open Internet rules. The FCC rules give the FCC the power to examine interconnection agreements and to change them if it…
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…
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…
Not Falling Behind
Ed Wyatt’s broadband analysis in the New York Times is a mixture of diverse perspectives and peculiar analysis. While there are different points of view about how well the United…
Europe Promises More Than it Delivers
The long-awaited SamKnows study of European broadband speeds and promises is out, and it confirms what we suspected: broadband subscribers in Europe do not get the performance they pay for….
The Charlatan’s Cartels
OK, this is almost too easy to bother with, but I can’t help myself. Last week a former journalist with a book to sell wrote an Op-Ed for the New…