Blair Levin

Blair Levin Still Ignoring Lack of Broadband Competition

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:39:55 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Now that Blair Levin has left the FCC and moved on to life in a profitable think tank, he offered some hindsight to what his team got right or wrong. Amusingly, Levin continues to ignore the lack of competition in the broadband market.

Ex-FCC Official Calls for Broadband Deployment Fund

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:18:53 -0400

Full article: National Journal
Juliana Gruenwald
A former FCC official who played a critical role in the development of the commission's national broadband plan released a report that argues that the federal government should establish a $10 billion fund over 10 years to help ensure all Americans have access to affordable broadband service.

Levin Sees Spectrum Return Reality

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:19:31 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
In his first extensive interview since leaving the FCC earlier this month, former chief broadband advisor Blair Levin, now a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute in Washington, talks about several issues, starting with his belief that despite pushback from broadcasters, there is a critical mass willing to give up spectrum.

Levin: Cable Should Embrace OTT Video

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:48:59 -0400

Full article: Light Reading
Steve Donohue
Predicting that someone will create the "set-top equivalent of the iPhone," the lead author of the FCC's proposed National Broadband Plan told cable operators that they should embrace Web-fed video services as way to differentiate themselves from rivals and showcase their high-speed Internet services.

Blair Levin Exiting FCC

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:54:31 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
John Eggerton
The FCC's broadband plan advisor, Blair Levin, will exit the commission May 7 to join the Aspen Institute as a Communications and Society Fellow. Levin shepherded the plan through its unveiling last month, but had always said it was a short-term posting.

FCC Broadband Chief Hopeful Plan Suggestions Will Become Realities

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:09:19 -0400

Full article: The Hill
Tony Romm
FCC broadband chief Blair Levin seemed confident many of the crucial recommendations in his agency's National Broadband Plan would eventually become realities.

FCC Broadband Czar Defends National Plan

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:18:01 -0500

Full article: ComputerWorld
Matt Hamblen
The chief author of the national broadband plan defended it against recent attacks that it is overly broad, ambitious and unfeasible, and said he is confident the final version set for release March 17 will meet the enormous mandate set by Congress.

The End of Analog: Blair Levin on the National Broadband Plan

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:40:24 -0500

Full article: Ars Technica
Matthew Lasar
In a recent interview, the FCC's Blair Levin spoke about the "looming spectrum crisis," line sharing, and, of course, where the money for more broadband development will come from.

Making the Nation Ready for Broadband

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:05:44 -0500

Full article: Broadband.gov
Blair Levin
Why is it that the networks our first responders rely on, networks the 9/11 Commission told us we needed to upgrade, still offer technology that could only be considered modern by the standards of the last century? The National Broadband Plan will show how our country can act to utilize broadband to have our needed networks perform at a higher level.

FCC Talks About Universal Broadband at Goldman Sachs Conference

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:05:48 -0500

Full article: Seattle Times
Sharon Chan
While FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed releasing more spectrum for wireless broadband, the director of the broadband initiative, Blair Levin, talked up the plan to technology investors at a Goldman Sachs conference.