Communications Policy
WiFi Threatens Service Revenue
The first direct threat to the telephony business model has emerged in England. There The Cloud, a hotspot network, has...
Read moreDetailsThe Politicization of Open Source
We have a new medium here, one that needs principles to assure its liberty. These are political principles. Principles worth...
Read moreDetailsDemocrats Get Played on Internet Competition
By trying to appear "tough on crime" Democrats are undermining the open Internet. A Democrat, Diana DeGette of Colorado, is...
Read moreDetailsA Local Story, A National Threat
The story has spread over the Internet this weekend like wildfire. Verizon has won a ruling that it can charge...
Read moreDetailsAre The Phone Companies Necessary?
No. Neither are the cable companies. Phone and cable companies deliver last-mile Internet service, and phone companies own most of...
Read moreDetailsWhy Blogs Are A Threat
It's the links. Doc Searls sort of hits it on the head. It's the giving of links that makes blogging...
Read moreDetailsPointCast II
The more I read about MySpace, its success in getting users, and its problems, the more one word keeps coming...
Read moreDetailsThe Real Political Divide
The real political divide in America is between the ascendent open source view on the one side and the proprietary...
Read moreDetailsPolitics of Net Neutrality
When the political pack is shuffled, the phone companies and cable companies are going to find they have won nothing...
Read moreDetailsSurprise in Net Neutrality Debate
The surprise is that the debate exists at all. By its nature, net neutrality is not a high-profile issue. It...
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