It's all well and good that President-Elect Obama wants high-speed Internet connectivity to be part of the economic stimulus package. The goal, he s...
Timothy Karr | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media
Building better broadband is not a bailout. It's a buildout for better democracy.
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 01.07.2009 | Business
Investing in physical infrastructure will not have the same short-term impact on U.S. jobs, or long-term impact on productivity and quality of life as a similar investment in our "digital infrastructure."
Craig Aaron | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media
Sock puppets, for those unfamiliar with the creatures commonly found inside the Beltway, are mouthpieces who rent out their academic or political credentials to argue pro-industry positions.
Craig Aaron | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media
Nearly half of U.S. households don't have a high-speed Internet connection. And without a massive public investment, we'll keep falling behind the rest of the world and failing to close the digital divide.
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business
Any broadband stimulus program that seeks to spur investment and jobs in 2009 needs to include tax incentives to companies deploying broadband. Tax incentives are ready on day one.
Marty Kaplan | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
Though Obama singled out children as particularly in need of access to the Internet, he could also have pointed to the economic, geographic and racial dimensions of the digital divide.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media
The FCC has canceled their December 18th meeting meant to discuss the future of Chairman Kevin Martin's proposed free nationwide Wi-Fi. After receiv...
Art Brodsky | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business
Things are going so well for AT&T that it can spend $2 billion each quarter simply to buy back stock and boost its stock price.
Timothy Karr | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media
Obama has bravely stepped into an Internet void left by his predecessor. Over the past eight years, the U.S. has fallen from fourth to 15th in the world in terms of high-speed Internet adoption.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media
President-elect Barack Obama announced that broadband availability would be a major part of his public works project. In a video distributed over th...
Curtis Black | Posted 11.07.2008 | Chicago
President-elect Barack Obama now faces tremendous challenges, and local advocates -- many of whom have worked with Obama over the years -- offer a range of ideas on how to move forward.
Leslie Harris | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media
Given the proven benefits of this open model for Internet use, it is confounding how many people, both in government and industry, seem willing to start tinkering with it.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 10.13.2008 | Media
Here's what's supposed to happen. The digital transition takes place and by 2020 we live in a wireless world that is so network and cloud-oriented that it could only be recognized by Captain Kirk.
Steve Clemons | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics
What I love most about the Party platform is that it started with a focus on what we need to do in America as Americans -- and not necessarily on the wars and conflicts in which war are embroiled abroad.
Leslie Harris | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
The First Amendment doesn't allow the FCC to function as an Internet board of review. The real question is why would such a proposal even be put out for comment.
Timothy Karr | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media
Closing the broadband digital divide should have been a national priority. While our status as world technology leader went into free fall, Congress sat on the sidelines and the White House ducked and dodged.
Timothy Karr | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media
While a generation of Americans can barely remember life without Google, millions of households still can't send an e-mail, pay bills online, or conduct research for school.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media
This week, FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin put some new spectrum up for auction. But there's a catch.
Craig Aaron | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business
Consumers in South Korea, France and Qatar pay less for broadband connections that are much faster than we have here. These countries have policies that foster more choice and innovation.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media
Other countries have 100 of something we have 1.5 of. They can move information much faster than we can. This is a real problem. Information = currency.
Craig Aaron | Posted 02.05.2008 | Media
The lobbyists for the big phone and cable companies benefit from keeping us in the dark. They claim this stuff is too complex for us simpletons to comprehend.
Timothy Karr | Posted 01.30.2008 | Media
With a few exceptions, we have been blissfully free of gatekeepers on the wired Internet. But that won't be the case in the wireless world -- unless we make it so.
Jonathan Rintels | Posted 10.10.2007 | Media
Our government must undertake a concerted national effort to deploy universal, net-neutral broadband comparable to that which deployed telephone and electric service.
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