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The FCC reported that  emergency agencies in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama were able to stitch together a 700 MHz radio network to connect first responders and government workers.   This was an ad hoc telecom effort to, in effect, route callers … Continue reading →

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 →

The AP reports that a federal appeals court has decided against the FCC’s claim that it has the authority to impose net neutrality obligations on carriers and service providers. I’m guessing (hoping) that this will be appealed. In any case, … Continue reading →

Until recently, when confronted with a very limited budget for a critical task that had to be completed yesterday, you had few options. You could face mutiny by squeezing more person-hours from your staff or else turn to budget-busting temp agencies. … Continue reading →

That's not an Onion headline. But after perusing a few key sections of the officially released National Broadband Plan I learned that the FCC recommendations involve either more study or vague posturings on important policy debates that have been raging since dawn of time: broadening the universal service fund (USF) to include VoIP carriers (see weakly worded Recommendation 8.10), wholesale access and pricing (see tepid Recommendation 4.7), openness of mobile devices (no recommendations that I can find), and the overall question of whether we have a competitive broadband market (for what it's worth, Recommendation 4.2). Continue reading →