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Missed Aspen Institute’s IDEA Plenary (“a transatlantic dialogue to address common interests in a free and open Internet capable of enhancing economic growth”) held in Brussels, Belgium yesterday? Not to worry, FCC Chairman Genachowski was there to address the gathered … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s Q&A session at the House Communications and Internet Subcommittee felt a little bit mockumentary, a little bit reality TV show with a few movie stars making appearances. Yes, the Republicans were playing “we’re just folks”, taking on the bumbling … Continue reading →

In case you weren’t at the Web 2.0 Summit earlier this month to hear FCC Chairman Genachowski, O’Reilly has published the interview on YouTube. My Google Reader had already bombarded me with excerpts of Genachowski’s remarks (“net neutrality will happen”) … Continue reading →

Any deal that doesn’t preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet will be unacceptable.

After the FCC lost its net neutrality case against Comcast, I put on hold a project to review a series of YouTube videos involving Chairman Genachowski. The rough plan was to gain some insight as to how the FCC would … Continue reading →

We have extraordinary capacity in the US to build the best computers, best chips, best applications and services in the world, but we are at risk of wasting that asset if we don’t have great broadband infrastructure, wired and wireless.

….for all the new iPads, and other iGadgets.  In his speech at the New America Foundation outlining the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, Chairman Genachowski  said that  TV broadcasters are not using their spectrum efficiently.  He proposed a Mobile Future Auction. … Continue reading →

By allowing innovation to be easily implemented at the edge of the network, the end-to-end design of the Internet has lowered technical, financial, and administrative barriers to entry for entrepreneurs with technical skill and bright ideas.