For any idiot who claims that auctioning spectrum leads to faster change than going unlicensed (and letting the edges and equipment makers create new services) I have one word for you. Clearwire. Clearwire has been around for many years now. Clearwire is a start-up run by Craig McCaw (who previously sold his cellular firm to […]
he company that wholesales is growing faster, in terms of its share price, than the one which refuses to.
Cisco Systems, which was the hero of the free Internet in the 1990s, has become its chief enemy. That’s because throughout this decade it has put most of its investment into systems that monitor or control what people do with the resource. As Richard Doherty of Envisioneering, explained to me this week at the NCTA […]
I am one of millions of Americans who were turned-on by "Association Football" (soccer) by the exploits (or lack of them) of their own kids. Soccer (some Americans have tried calling it futbol, to distinguish it from American football without changing its name) is an upper-middle class pastime here, a fair game that teaches sportsmanship. […]
Immigration is an issue that cuts both parties in half. As such, it may be the first to demand a consensus solution, and a new kind of politics. To see this in action this week you had to visit the blogosphere. Bloggers write as they feel, and most aren’t strategic. They are the grassroots of […]
We must get in line with the international consensus. We must proceed based on our own consensus, and an assumption of goodwill. There are too few of us to afford any more them. The whole idea of a them, in fact, is obsolete.
The final speaker at Freedom2Connect was Chris Sacca. Sacca is the head of special initiatives for Google. GoogleChris SaccaHead of Special Initiatives NOTE: Right after Sacca spoke, Google and its partner Earthlink won their bid to build a WiFi network covering San Francisco. Google has bucket trucks? What can we do to get ore access […]
A highlight of Freedom2Connect’s final afternoon was an appearance by Reed Hundt. Hundt was chairman of the FCC from 1993-1997, when the Web was first being spun. Under Hundt the 1997 Telecommunications Act was passed, the e-rate was passed, and All You Can Eat (AYCE) Internet service became the norm, because Hundt’s FCC refused to […]
The last afternoon of Freedom2Connect opened with a political panel featuring Ray Gifford, who heads the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a conservative tech think tank, and Gigi Sohn, who runs Public Knowledge, a liberal advocacy group covering the same subjects. They were interviewed by David Isenberg, who apologized because, due to health reasons, scheduled interview […]
One of the most interesting panels at Freedom2Connect was the municipal panel. There were three speakers: Jim Baller of Baller.com Esme Vos of Muniwireless.com Jim Salter of Atlantic Engineering Each speaker gave a brief talk, which was followed by a group Q&A. A few questions were asked after Baller and Vos had spoken — both […]
