Introductory Remarks from Innovation '08 (Featured Blog)
Here's my opening remarks from Media Access Project's Innovation '08 in Santa Clara this morning. A DVD will be available shortly. This was a lively discussion, with Google and Vuze on the case. Good...
View ArticleNo Fines for Comcast (Featured Blog)
Note: this is an update on my earlier story, which incorrectly said that the AP reported that Chairman Martin was seeking to impose "fines" on Comcast. In fact, the story used the word "punish" rather...
View ArticleFCC's Comcast Ruling Inconsistent and Incoherent (Featured Blog)
After voting on the Comcast order today, Kevin Martin and his Democratic Party colleagues issued press releases telling us how they saved the Internet from Comcast's discriminatory practices, but...
View ArticleComcast is Right, the FCC is Wrong (Featured Blog)
A fellow named Paul Korzeniowski has written a very good, concise piece on the Comcast action at the FCC for Forbes, Feds And Internet Service Providers Don't Mix. He manages to describe the...
View ArticleThe Trouble with White Spaces (Featured Blog)
Like several other engineers, I'm disturbed by the white spaces debate because it focuses on what I regard as the wrong question. The White Space Coalition argues that showing that a system can be...
View ArticleHow Fast is Internet Traffic Growing? (Featured Blog)
It depends on whose numbers you like. Andrew Odlyzko claims it's up 50-60% over last year, a slower rate of growth than we've seen in recent years. Odlyzko's method is flawed, however, as he only looks...
View ArticleObama's Missed Opportunity (Featured Blog)
According to National Journal, Susan Crawford is joining the Obama administration in a significant new role... This does not make me happy. Crawford is not a technologist, and the job that's been...
View ArticleAre the FCC Workshops Fair? (Featured Blog)
The FCC has run three days of workshops on the National Broadband Plan now, for the purpose of bringing a diverse set of perspectives on broadband technology and deployment issues to the attention of...
View ArticleHas the FCC Created a Stone Too Heavy for It to Lift? (Featured Blog)
After five years of bickering, the FCC passed an Open Internet Report & Order on a partisan 3-2 vote this week. The order is meant to guarantee that the Internet of the future will be just as free...
View ArticleInternet Regulation in the Age of Hyper-Giants (Featured Blog)
As we enter the seventh round of the net neutrality fight, advocates continue to make the same argument they've offered since 2002: infrastructure companies will do massive harm to little guys unless...
View ArticleDoH Creates More Problems Than It Solves (Featured Blog)
Unlike most new IETF standards, DNS over HTTPS has been a magnet for controversy since the DoH working group was chartered on 2017. The proposed standard was intended to improve the performance of...
View ArticleIntroductory Remarks from Innovation '08 (Featured Blog)
Here's my opening remarks from Media Access Project's Innovation '08 in Santa Clara this morning. A DVD will be available shortly. This was a lively discussion, with Google and Vuze on the case. Good...
View ArticleNo Fines for Comcast (Featured Blog)
Note: this is an update on my earlier story, which incorrectly said that the AP reported that Chairman Martin was seeking to impose "fines" on Comcast. In fact, the story used the word "punish" rather...
View ArticleFCC's Comcast Ruling Inconsistent and Incoherent (Featured Blog)
After voting on the Comcast order today, Kevin Martin and his Democratic Party colleagues issued press releases telling us how they saved the Internet from Comcast's discriminatory practices, but...
View ArticleComcast is Right, the FCC is Wrong (Featured Blog)
A fellow named Paul Korzeniowski has written a very good, concise piece on the Comcast action at the FCC for Forbes, Feds And Internet Service Providers Don't Mix. He manages to describe the...
View ArticleThe Trouble with White Spaces (Featured Blog)
Like several other engineers, I'm disturbed by the white spaces debate because it focuses on what I regard as the wrong question. The White Space Coalition argues that showing that a system can be...
View ArticleHow Fast is Internet Traffic Growing? (Featured Blog)
It depends on whose numbers you like. Andrew Odlyzko claims it's up 50-60% over last year, a slower rate of growth than we've seen in recent years. Odlyzko's method is flawed, however, as he only looks...
View ArticleObama's Missed Opportunity (Featured Blog)
According to National Journal, Susan Crawford is joining the Obama administration in a significant new role... This does not make me happy. Crawford is not a technologist, and the job that's been...
View ArticleAre the FCC Workshops Fair? (Featured Blog)
The FCC has run three days of workshops on the National Broadband Plan now, for the purpose of bringing a diverse set of perspectives on broadband technology and deployment issues to the attention of...
View ArticleHas the FCC Created a Stone Too Heavy for It to Lift? (Featured Blog)
After five years of bickering, the FCC passed an Open Internet Report & Order on a partisan 3-2 vote this week. The order is meant to guarantee that the Internet of the future will be just as free...
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