Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
Michiko Kakutani has a very interesting essay in the New York Times entitled, “Texts Without Contexts,” which does a nice job running through the differences between Internet optimists and pessimists, a topic I’ve spent a great deal of time writing about here. (See: “Are You An Internet Optimist or Pessimist? The Great Debate over Technology’s [...]
My central lament in everything I have said so far about the Federal Communications Commission’s ambitious new National Broadband Plan is that, well, it’s just too ambitious! The agency has taken an everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink approach to the issue and the sheer scope of their imperial ambitions is breathtaking. I’ve likened it to an industrial policy for [...]
Couple of media clips here regarding my thoughts about the FCC’s National Broadband Plan: C-Span Debate with Art Brodsky of Public Knowledge (49 min.) NPR / “Diane Rehm Show” Debate with Ben Scott of Free Press (51 min.) quick audio clip about the plan (4 min.) interview with “5 Qs on Tech” about the plan [...]
In the mix of yesterday’s FCC Broadband report release and today’s FTC Privacy Roundtable and Senate hearing on expanding FTC rulemaking authority, there’s a lot going on in Washington that impacts online commerce. And we heard particularly pointed comments about the future of .com at yesterday’s 25 Years of .Com Policy Impact Forum. A panel [...]
Here’s my favorite line in the FCC’s National Broadband Plan: “Technologies, costs and consumer preferences are changing too quickly in this dynamic part of the economy to make accurate predictions.” (P. 42) I wholeheartedly agree! But does the agency really believe what it says? Because as I am reading through this tome, all I see [...]
Progress Snapshot 6.7, The Progress & Freedom Foundation (PDF) This week marks a pivotal point in the history of the Internet. Monday was the 25th anniversary of the first .COM registration—and in some ways, the beginning of the commercial Internet. Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission unveiled its long-awaited National Broadband Plan, which proposes ambitious subsidies [...]
The FCC has the ability to solve the $24 billion “broadband funding gap” all by itself, without a dime of new money from taxpayers, broadband subscribers, or telephone subscribers.
Over on the WashingtonWatch.com blog, I’ve laid out in the simplest terms I could what’s going on in terms of procedure with health care overhaul legislation. The post, called “What is Deeming, Anyway?“, comes in at a mere 900 words… If you’re a real public policy junkie, you might like it. But what about the [...]
I’m livetweeting today’s final FTC Privacy Roundtable (check out the #FTCPriv hashtag on Twitter). Check out the day’s agenda or watch the webcast here. Adam Thierer and I expressed our concerns about the rush to regulation at the First Roundtable back in December—see my written comments and Adam’s summary of his remarks. David Vladeck, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection [...]
Here’s a brief audio clip that PFF’s new press director Mike Wendy helped me put together in which I outline some of my reservations with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) just-released National Broadband Plan. It’s just 4 minutes. Just click the play button below. [display_podcast]
January 27, 2012
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