Web/Tech

This week I have many of the thoughts you have been reading here for a week, only in a condensed,...

When the political pack is shuffled, the phone companies and cable companies are going to find they have won nothing...

Most of us don't have such an incentive, so we do what we like. We either base everything on our...

Americans can’t touch this story because we lack the infrastructure. We lack the infrastructure because the Bells and cable operators...

The most (politically) compelling argument the phone companies have against Voice Over IP is 911 service. The heart of 911...

A highlight of Freedom2Connect's final afternoon was an appearance by Reed Hundt. Hundt was chairman of the FCC from 1993-1997,...

One of the most interesting panels at Freedom2Connect was the municipal panel. There were three speakers: Jim Baller of Baller.com...

At Freedom2Connect, it was clear that attendees preferred the idea of competition from WiFi and open spectrum to any legislation...

Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are dead. But Freedom2Connect did have David Weinberger  and Doc Searls . They staged a colloquy, a...

What follows are my notes from Jeff Chester's talk at the Freedom2Connect conference on Monday. Jeff Chester, executive director, Center...