SOTU Technology Messages
The president’s final SOTU included some interesting remarks about technology. Some were encouraging and aspirational, the thing he does best. These included touts for programs to teach young people to…
Chairman Wheeler’s Broadband Draft Falls Short
FCC Chairman Wheeler has circulated a draft of the broadband progress report he wants to present to Congress pursuant to Section 706 of the Communications Act. The draft is certainly…
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…
Who Cares About Consistency?
[powerpress] The DC Circuit Court’s oral arguments largely ignored fundamental inconsistencies with the FCC’s regulations—problems that engineers recognize as vital to operation of the Internet. In the latest High Tech…
Fact-Checking Internet Association’s Amicus Brief
Politico reports that the Internet Association has filed an amicus brief in support of the FCC in the cases where Tennessee and North Carolina have challenged the commission’s attempt to…
Open Source Software and Regulatory Compliance
Last week, I mentioned the tendency of some parties to drag extraneous issues and personal hobbyhorses into policy debates. This was a throw-away observation, but two issues in the news…
Why Spectrum Swaps Serve the Public Interest
A reporter asked me to explain what’s up with the spectrum swap that AT&T and T-Mobile have asked the FCC to let them do. The benefits are pretty simple and…
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…
Sparks Fly over LTE-U
I went to the Tech Policy Institute’s Aspen Forum this week, one of Internet policy’s premier events. If you’re interested in policy and want to get away from the August weather…
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…