Internet Innovation Alliance

Lies, Damned Lies, and Broadband Numbers

Stevie Converse — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:08:42 -0400

Full article: StoptheCap.com
Philip Dampier
A telecom industry front group acknowledged today American broadband in the last decade has not won any awards for speed or price, but if you just give the industry ten more years of deregulation, there will be more competition than ever to change that. But consumer groups wonder exactly how a duopoly will ever deliver world class service in the next ten years when it has spent the last ten hiking prices on slow speed broadband and now wants to limit or throttle usage.

Report: FCC Chairman Likely to Push for Free Nationwide Internet

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:45:24 -0500

Full article: TMCnet
Michael Dinan
In a move that the cell phone industry is decrying, the FCC reportedly will consider a plan to auction public airwaves, with a requirement that the winning bidder put some bandwidth aside for free nationwide Internet.

AT&T Front Group Claims Internet End is Nigh

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:33:15 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
The Internet Innovation Alliance, an industry trade group spearheaded by AT&T, issued a press release proclaiming that by 2012, apparently incompetent engineers won't be able to manage Internet capacity, and we will begin seeing brownouts.

Alliance Outlines National Broadband Strategies

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:02:10 -0500

Full article: Network World
Brad Reed
The Internet Innovation Alliance held a symposium in Washington D.C. to generate new ideas for both the Obama administration and for Congress on how to bring high-speed Internet connectivity to underserved regions throughout the country.

More Groups Call for National Broadband Strategy

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:42:53 -0500

Full article: IDG News Service
Grant Gross
At a National Broadband Strategy Symposium in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Internet Innovation Alliance, speakers said the U.S. government needs to develop a strategy for rolling out broadband nationwide because many rural areas and inner cities don't yet have the option.