broadband policy

Task Force to Debate Whether a Gigabit per Second Is Too Fast for Minnesota

Stevie Converse — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:19:23 -0700

Union, Industry Push for Congressional Broadband Action

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:34:21 -0700

How to Fix Tech Policy

Stevie Converse — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:10:30 -0700

What can the next president do to right the wrongs of the Bush Administration when it comes to technology policy? Columbia University law professor and co-author of Who Controls the Internet Tim Wu makes his recommendations regarding broadband, the FCC and government transparency through technology.

Tech Policy: Jump-Starting Our Tech Policy

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:18:43 -0700

Perhaps the only thing that's actually improved over the last eight years under President Bush is technology (if not tech policy). In the sense that Nixon presided over an age of great films like The Godfather, the Bush era was also the age of Wikipedia,

Broadening Broadband

Stevie Converse — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:43:16 -0700

The big problem in providing Internet service to rural America is often called "the last mile" -- the difficulty in reaching the smallest communities and farthest-flung houses and farms. In cities, that problem might be called "the last block" -- the difficulty in reaching every neighborhood, no matter how poor.

White House Tech Policy Called 'Magical Thinking'

Stevie Converse — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:26:55 -0700

No conference on technology policy would be complete without a debate on where America stands in the global competition race. Is the pipe half full or half empty? Not surprisingly, the talk at the second annual Tech Policy Summit was decidedly mixed.

The Internet Traffic Challenge: The Policy Dimension

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:08:07 -0700

The New York Times ran a story today that looked at the rapid rise in Internet traffic, led by the increasing popularity of YouTube-style video and other bit-hungry services.